Hijab row: FIR filed against 10 girls in Karnataka for staging protests amid section 144 restrictions
The FIR was registered based on an official complaint by the Principal of the college for violating prohibitory orders issued under Section 144 of CrPC by staging a public protest.
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Bengaluru, Feb 19: In a major development, the Karnataka police have filed over 10 first information reports (FIR) against at least 10 Muslim girls for violating prohibitory orders by staging a protest over the hijab issue outside a college in Karnataka on February 17.
The FIR was registered based on an official complaint by the Principal of the college for violating prohibitory orders issued under Section 144 of the CrPC by staging a public protest. The FIR has been lodged under Sections 143, 145, 188, and 149 of the Indian Penal Code.
The High Court last week declared that nobody would dress up in religious attire in educational institutes until the matter was heard. Despite the HC order, some women were seen wearing hijab and burqa even after the HC’s order and kept on protesting for ‘justice’ as the colleges reopened on February 16.
The Karnataka govt had imposed section 144 in the Tumkur district ahead of the college reopening to prevent violence. The prohibitory order applied in and around 200 meters from the college in Tumkur. The students demanding their right to wear hijab and attend classes were seen creating high drama in the college premises amid the hijab row.
Karnataka: Police have registered an FIR against at least 10 girls for violating prohibitory orders issued under Section 144 of CrPC by staging a protest against the hijab rule outside Girls Empress Govt PU College in Tumkur on Feb 17, under Sections 143, 145, 188 and 149 of IPC
— ANI (@ANI) February 19, 2022
On Thursday, the police barred the students from entering the college campus and told them that they would be permitted entry only if they take off their hijab. After which students started staging a protest, yelling ‘Allah-hu-Akbar, Allah-hu-Akbar'.
As per the principal’s complaint, 10-15 students wearing hijab demanded entry into the college, and “disrupted” routine activities of the college.
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