A heart-wrenching incident came to light on Tuesday in Karnataka as a video started circulating on the internet in which it can be seen that a student in hijab was heckled by boys wearing saffron scarves. The incident took place in a college in Mandya where it can be seen that a group of boys were chanting slogans and were trying to hackle a hijab-clad student.

In the video, it can be seen that the student wearing hijab parks her scooty and enters the college and at that time a group of boys who were wearing saffron scarves comes forward to heckle her. It can be heard that the group of boys were chanting Jai Shri Ram. In response to that, the girl was heard saying, Allah Hu Akbar.

It can also be seen that the college officials were holding the boys back and was escorting the girl to college.

Meanwhile, the High Court is currently hearing the petition filed by five women from a government college in Udupi, questioning hijab restrictions.

Talking about the Hijab protest, the protest began last month at the Government Girls PU college in Udupi when six students alleged that were not allowed in classes because they were wearing headscarves. Later on, the Right-wing groups in Udupi and Chikkamagaluru objected to Muslim girls wearing the hijab to class.

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As soon as the video went viral, several people started reacting to it and said that this is not the kind of India that they imagined.

Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti also showed displeasure and wrote that harassing a Muslim girl in broad daylight without fear of any repercussion shows such goons enjoy patronage from those in power. Such incidents shouldn’t be seen in isolation as BJP hopes that it helps to polarise in UP elections.

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