Amid Hijab row, video of students offering namaz in class goes viral

India

oi-Deepika S

Bengaluru,
Feb
12:
Amid
a
row
over
Hijab,
a
video
clip
of
some
Muslim
students
allegedly
offering
‘namaz’
inside
the
classroom
of
the
government
primary
school
at
Ankathadka
in
Kadaba
taluk
of
Karnataka’s
Dakshina
Kannada
district
has
gone
viral
on
social
media.

The
incident,
that
happened
on
February
4,
came
to
light
when
the
clip
went
viral
a
few
days
later
and
the
local
people
came
out
with
objections.

Following
complaints,
officials
of
the
education
department
visited
the
school
on
Friday.
The
teachers
of
the
school
said
they
had
directed
the
students
not
to
engage
in
religious
activities
inside
the
classroom
after
the
incident
came
to
their
notice.

The
education
department
has
directed
its
resource
person
to
visit
the
school
and
submit
a
report
on
the
incident
immediately,
block
education
officer
C
Lokesh
said.