Complaint of parents of girl students fighting for hijab: information of girls is being shared on social media, mobile number can also be threatened

Parents of students fighting for hijab in Karnataka have filed a police complaint. Parents of six Muslim girl students protesting against the ban on wearing hijab in Udupi schools have complained that personal details of their girls are being shared on social media. This includes mobile numbers as well. This is a violation of privacy.

The parents have demanded action against those who shared the mobile numbers of the girls in the public domain. They say that the personal details of the girl students can be used to threaten them.

Udupi district SP N Vishnuvardhan said that an inquiry has been started on the complaint of the parents of the girl students. The information of girl students which is available online has been sought. Appropriate action will be taken in the matter.

Information sharing of students demanding to wear hijab
According to reports, the girls whose personal information is being shared on social media are the same students who had demanded to wear hijab in class for the first time. Since then, there has been a controversy in Karnataka regarding the hijab. The dispute started on January 1. Then 6 Muslim girl students in Udupi were barred from sitting in the class room in the college for wearing hijab. The college management had cited the new uniform policy as the reason.

Furious demonstration in college, then the matter reached the court
There was also a fierce demonstration in the college of Karnataka regarding the hijab. Here a girl wearing a hijab was shouting slogans and on the other hand saffron-clad boys were shouting Jai Shri Ram. After this, the girl students filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court. The girls argue that not allowing them to wear the hijab is a violation of their fundamental right under Articles 14 and 25 of the Constitution.

This picture is from Bengaluru, where two groups of students had come face to face in the past in support of hijab and saffron.

High Court bans wearing of religious clothes till the verdict
The High Court banned the wearing of religious clothes in the school-college till the decision in this matter, after which the matter reached the Supreme Court. Today i.e. on February 11, the Supreme Court refused to hear the matter. The court said that it will look into the matter when the right time comes.

Supreme Court refused to interfere in the matter
The Supreme Court has refused to interfere in Karnataka’s hijab controversy. An appeal was made in the Supreme Court against the decision of the Karnataka High Court on Friday, in which the High Court had banned the wearing of religious clothes in schools and colleges. It was said in the appeal that this has reduced the rights of Muslim girl students. The Supreme Court refused to hear the petition on this appeal. The court said that it will look into the matter when the right time comes.