The girl recorded the incident and shared it on social media on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday when the girl had gone to the UCO bank of Mansoor Chowk branch in Begusarai to withdraw money.
The complaint has been lodged against one Mohammad Tousif, who has issued a life threat on social media. "You won't live any longer," the accused threatened.
Although the college management, development committee tried to explain to the hijab-clad students the interim order of the High Court, they did not listen and pressed for wearing of hijab, according to the principal. Hence, they were suspended from the college temporarily.
The hijab row which started last month in Udupi Pre-University College by six girl students has snowballed into a major controversy in the country.
The Principal of Empress College of Tumakuru lodged a complaint with Tumakuru City Police against 15 to 20 students for violating prohibitory orders in the last 2-days.
The directives come 2-days after a group of students wearing saffron scarves held a protest in the campus, demanding ban of 'hijab' in the college premises.
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The order comes amid simmering tension in the schools and colleges over minority girls with Burqa and Hijab being denied entry in the schools and colleges, following last week's High Court order.
Any violation of the above-mentioned order shall be liable for prosecution under the provisions of Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The students said they will not attend physical classes till the High Court takes a decision on the issue.
The row over Hijab started when a few students of a government pre-university college in Udupi, attending classes in headscarves, were asked to leave the campus. The matter then spread to different parts of the state, with other community students responding by wearing saffron scarves.
BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Thakur also said that there was no need to wear hijabs anywhere.
Citing a survey, petitioner girls' counsel Ravi Varma Kumar said people of the country sport various religious symbols such as pendant, crucifixion, Hijab, Burqa, bangles, Bindi on the forehead and the turban.
The ruling BJP had on Tuesday tweeted that five of the students involved in the Hijab case are minor and sought to blame Congress for the controversy. The tweet revealed personal details like the names and addresses of the girls.
The hijab row which started last month in Udupi Pre-University College by six girl students has snowballed into a major controversy in the country.
The hijab row which started last month in Udupi Pre-University College by six girl students has snowballed into a major controversy in the country.
The Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday expressed confidence that peace and normalcy will prevail. He had also said that a decision regarding reopening of Pre-University and Degree colleges will be taken after assessing the situation.
The Hijab row started in December end when a few students started coming to a government pre-university college in Udupi wearing Hijab. To protest against it, some Hindu students turned up wearing saffron scarves.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi dragged the hijab controversy to Uttar Pradesh elections and made 'one day a ‘hijabi’ will become the Prime Minister of India' remark. While addressing a public rally in Uttar Pradesh, the AIMIM chief gave this controversial statement. Watch Kurukshetra why so much politics is involved over the hijab controversy.
The move comes as part of a precautionary measure as the schools are reopening on Monday after the holiday declared by state govt in view of hijab-saffron shawl controversy.
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