The District Magistrate of Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur has taken cognizance of the case of three female students suddenly appearing in Hijabs inside a college. On Saturday (10th August), Kanpur DM directed the Sub-District Magistrate (SDM) to investigate the matter. Meanwhile, the parents of the three girls have accepted their mistake and assured that they will send their daughters to college in the prescribed uniform.
In this case reported a week ago, the Kanpur District Magistrate Rakesh Singh ordered Sub-District Magistrate Rashmi Lamba to investigate the matter and submit a report on 17th August. This study will be conducted on three points. The first question is whether these students were studying at the college from the start and came wearing hijabs at their own will. Secondly, whether the pupils were aware of the college dress code or not. The third point to be investigated is whether anyone pushed the three students to wear hijab to college.
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Notably, the incident unfolded on the 3rd of August 2024 in the government inter-college located in the Bilhaur area of Kanpur. Here, three Muslim girls started coming to college wearing Hijab. One of their teachers, Jyoti scolded them for violating the rules and asked them to come to college in the prescribed uniforms only. However, her instructions did not affect the three Muslim girls. They said that even if they are expelled from the college they come to college wearing Hijab.
When the matter reached the college’s principal Surjeet Singh Yadav, the Muslim girls reiterated their stand by giving it in writing that even if their names are cut from the college, they will come to study wearing Hijab. Consequently, the principal took strict action and banned the entry of students wearing anything other than the prescribed dress in the college.
Principal Surjeet Singh also informed the parents of the three students of intermediate about the matter. It is being told that the parents of the three students have accepted the mistake. They have also assured to send the students in the dress prescribed by the school in future.
