Damoh Hijab controversy

While granting bail to the accused in the Damoh hijab controversy case, the court said, "They shall not compel the students of other religion to read/study any material or language which has not been prescribed by the Board."

Ganga Jamuna Higher Secondary School in Damoh is in a controversy for allegedly making it mandatory for all girl students to wear hijab.

Ganga Jamna School in MP’s Damoh hit the headlines after purported posters of the school went viral on social media in which a few Hindu girls were allegedly seen wearing hijabs

In a major development in the Ganga Jamna School row in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, three persons including the school principal have been arrested by police, officials said on Sunday. 

A property identified in Bhopal linked to the Damoh school embroiled in conversion-hijab controversy

Ganga Jamna School owner Haji Idris is planning to organise a huge rally in support of his school, says NCPCR chief

The NCPCR stated that during the investigation, the students confirmed that they were forced to follow Islamic religious practices and wear hijab at the school. Further, the school was using a wrong geographical map of India.

Confirming the DEO's negative involvement in the case, Minister Inder Singh Parmar said, “Prima facie information that is coming out that the District Education Officer (DEO) has given wrong information, that is why the DEO is guilty."