Guwahati: Amid the ongoing Hijab row Udupi district administration has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 imposed around all high schools in Karnataka’s Udupi district.
The prohibition orders will take effect at 6 a.m. on Monday, February 14th, and will be in effect until 6 p.m. on Saturday, February 19th.
This implies that until Saturday, all meetings and agitations are prohibited in the district’s high school region.
After the Superintendent of Police made a request to Kurma Rao, the Deputy Commissioner in Udupi, Section 144 was enacted. He proposed that prohibitory orders be enacted in a 200-meter radius surrounding the district’s high schools.
Bengaluru officials have previously issued prohibitory orders prohibiting any type of gathering outside the city’s schools and institutions.
Around Bengaluru’s schools, PU colleges, degree colleges, and other educational institutions, Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) was enacted. The prohibition order will remain in place until February 22nd.
The Karnataka hijab debate began after a group of young Muslim students in the Udupi district were denied entry to their institution because they wore hijabs.
As more universities and schools issued identical directives, the problem expanded across the state. Students from opposing organizations began protesting in support of and against the freedom to wear hijabs in educational institutions. Opponents of the Muslim girls wore saffron scarves, and the ideological clashes became physical in a few localities.
It may be mentioned that the controversy geared up further with national political parties attacking each other over the issue.