Bijnor: Principal Bars Students Wearing Hijab at College, District Authority Begins Probe
Rohit Tripathi | 13 August 2024 | India TV
A controversy erupted after a principal of a college in Bijnor barred female students wearing hijab from attending their classes on Monday. Students of Janta Inter College, Mahua of Thana Kotwali Dehat were asked to return home and come with their parents as they were in hijab.
After the prayer at the college, principal Shivendra Pal Singh sent the students wearing hijab home and asked them to come with their parents to school the next day. Someone captured the principal's action on his phone and published it on social media, which later went viral drawing mixed responses by internet users…