Karnataka : Claims of a petitioner- mob attacked his brother, three people in custody
Hazra Shifa, one of the petitioners who has filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court over the hijab controversy, has alleged that the mob attacked her brother and damaged his property. Three people have been taken into custody in this connection.
According to reports, the window panes of a restaurant run by the petitioner’s family in nearby Malpe area were broken in the incident that took place on Monday (February 21) night. A case has been registered in this regard at Malpe police station and the police is investigating. Police sources said, “Three persons have been taken into custody in connection with attacking and targeting the restaurant.”
Shifa tweeted, ‘The mob mercilessly attacked my brother. Simply because I am fighting for my hijab, which is my right. Our property was also destroyed. Why? Can’t I demand my rights? Who will be his next target? I demand action against the goons of the Sangh Parivar. According to Shifa, her 20-year-old brother Saif is admitted to Hi-Tech Hospital in Udupi.
A police source said investigations revealed that he was targeted because he had participated in a debate on the hijab issue in a regional news channel. The mob who attacked him questioned him about his statements during the debate.
An official said, “We suspect that a pro-Hindutva organization attacked the hotel.” Police registered a case against the mob under sections 143, 145, 147, 323, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Is.
After the incident, the petitioner took to Twitter to demand action against the culprits
Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court Rituraj Awasthi, Justice M. Kazi and Justice Krishna S. Dixit’s full bench is hearing a plea by Muslim girls and women seeking permission to wear hijab in classes.
The hijab controversy first started at a government pre-university college in Karnataka’s Udupi district when six girls came to class in December last year wearing hijab and in response Hindu students came to the college wearing saffron gamchas. .
Admission of these girl students was also banned in the college
Gradually, the dispute spread to other parts of the state, leading to tensions and violence in educational institutions at many places.
In the midst of this controversy, one of these six students had filed a writ petition in the Karnataka High Court requesting to be given the right to wear hijab inside the classroom. The petition seeks to declare that wearing hijab (head scarf) is a fundamental right under Articles 14 and 25 of the Constitution of India and a compulsory practice of Islam.
A three-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court hearing the issue of hijab had on February 10 asked students not to insist on wearing religious clothes on the premises of educational institutions till the disposal of the matter. Against this decision, a petition has been filed in the Supreme Court.
Refusing to hear it immediately, the Supreme Court had said on February 11 that it would protect the constitutional rights of every citizen and would consider the petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court’s direction in an “appropriate time” to ask students for academics. It has been asked not to wear any kind of religious clothes in the institutions.
