Agartala August 4: Extreme tension erupted on Friday in Bishalgarh’s Karimura 12th standard school over the hijab controversy. Within minutes the situation turned into a battlefield. Vandalism entered the school. Police and paramilitary forces were deployed. Injured school student. Her name is Alia Sarkar Suman.
According to the details of the incident, the head teacher of the school has been asking the 10th class girls of the school not to come to school wearing hijab for some time. He even told them that they will be expelled from the school if they come to school wearing hijab. On top of that, some outsider youths have been entering the school for the last few days and threatening the schoolgirls not to wear hijab. Similarly, on Friday also, four outsiders entered the school and threatened the schoolgirls about wearing hijab. Then a tenth class student of the school protested. It is alleged that the outsider youths dragged the student out of the school and beat him severely. The headmaster of the school witnessed the whole incident. But he played a silent role. After this news reached the parents, the parents rushed to the school. Then there was excitement in the school.
The furniture in the teachers’ rooms of the school was vandalized. Seeing the situation, the headmaster of the school covered himself. The police rushed to the news. When the police tried to bring the situation under control, the parents joined the road blockade. Later on, the road blockade was relieved with the intervention of the police. Meanwhile, the fire brigade personnel took the injured student to the hospital. Students of the school today raised a furor over the role of the school headmaster. They also said that while the student was being beaten, the teacher did not come to save him despite witnessing everything. Meanwhile, a parent complained that some outsider youths entered the school and told girls that hijab cannot be taught. Then the teacher called the students to the staff room and told them not to come to school wearing hijab. Then when the students protested about this issue, the school teachers called the parents on Friday. But before the parents came to the school that day, the battlefield happened. A teacher of the school said that the government has fixed the clothes for the students of the school. So students need to wear school clothes. However, the students were not told by any teacher that they cannot wear hijab to school. But these events are rare in the state. Such incidents happen especially in other states of the country. This time in Bishalgarh, the group that will be affected by this incident is believed by the experienced circles. But experts say that school is for everyone. School uniform has been decided so that everyone can come to school and study equally regardless of caste, rich or poor. And if this guideline is not followed by color or wrestling in the school, then it will be fine.
