No teacher neither headmaster came to rescue the boy....
On Friday a mob allegedly assaulted a Class 10 boy studying in a government school in Tripura after he objected to hijab-clad Muslim girls being prevented from attending their classes.
The student, identified as Iliyas Sarkar Suman, was dragged out of his classroom by a right-wing mob and was thrashed in front of the entire school but no teacher neither headmaster came to rescue the boy.
In a rerun of the Karnataka hijab controversy, the incident took place after an argument broke out among the Hindu and Muslim students of the Koroimura Higher Secondary School over Muslim girls wearing a hijab.
The Bishalgarh subdivision area of Sepahijala district was reportedly tense after the incident. Locals took to the streets after the incident came to light.
The Iliyas allegedly joined a group of students in ransacking the school principal's office after some Muslim girl students were asked to not wear hijab and go to school in a ‘proper’ uniform. After that, a mob gathered outside the school and attacked the teenager, leaving him badly wounded.
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