Burqa-Clad Muslim Students Denied Entry To Chembur’s Acharya College
Burqa-Clad Muslim Students Denied Entry To Chembur’s Acharya College
The incident bore similarity to the 2022 hijab row in Karnataka where Muslim students were denied entry to a junior college for wearing hijab.
Reportedly, a group of Muslim students studying at Chembur’s Acharya College were allegedly not allowed to enter the institute for wearing burqa.
According to the allegations by the students they were instructed to remove the burqa for entry to the college.
On Wednesday,.the Videos of the students standing outside the gate of NG Acharya & DK Marathe College in Chembur made rounds on social media. In the videos, students wearing college uniform can be seen entering the college as the burqa-clad students were denied entry.
As per one of the students they were ready to remove the burqa on entering the college and were apprehensive of removing it outside the gate. The security guard at the gate was instructed by the college principal to tell burqa-clad students to remove the garment before entry to the college premises.
News input KV Raman
