Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru
Mangaluru Mar 7: The hijab-clad student who was prevented from entering P Dayanada Pai first grade government college by a group of students at Car Street has urged stringent action against a student Sai Sandesh for allegedly harassing her.
Hibha Sheik, a second year student of BSc along with five other hijab clad students was denied entry by a group of students opposing them. It may be recalled that two groups of students from P Dayananda Pai and the P Satish Pai Government First Grade College in city had confronted each other over hijab issue afew days ago.
Addressing the media here on Monday March 7, Hibha Sheik said, "On March 3, we had an examination. We approached the principal seeking his permission to attend the examination. The principal gave a permission letter to the first year students, while also allowing us to write the examination. He also asked us to wear a shawl. The principal even guaranteed us that no issue would take place since he had given permission."
The Akila Bharatiya Vidhyarti Parishad (ABVP) student wing members were noticing us when we were about to enter the examination hall. A student among them by name Sai Sandesh threatened us to leave the classroom and go out of the college. He questioned us for writing the examination. The lecturers were just mute spectators when Sai Sandesh kept threatening us. Sai Sandesh even exerted pressure on the principal to send us out of the college. Here the principal took a U-turn and claimed that he had not given any kind of permission," alleged Hibha Sheik.
"Who gave him the right to tell us to go out of the college? We both are students having equal rights. He has no right to order us to leave the college. I'm not saying the principal was wrong but he should not have lied that he did not give permission," she added.
Hibha Sheik also said, "Some of my friends were being threatened by a policeman named Raghavendra who said he will spoil our future. Even the college peon was denying us permission to enter the canteen and we were not supposed to use water in the college campus. We were even termed as terrorists by the college peon."
"A day after filing the complaint, Sai Sandesh filed a complaint that he is being threatened by posting his objectionable photos on social media. I have no role in the threatening of Sai Sandesh> Unnecessarily, I have been blamed for threatening. I strongly condemn the threatening of Sai Sandesh on social media," Hibha said
"The police have taken oure complaint against Sai Sandesh but they have not mentioned the right sections relevant to the harassment case. Sai Sandesh's classmates Lohith and others are continuously threatening us through messages," alleged Hibha Sheik.