HC seeks radical outfit role in hijab row

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Friday said it has called for a report from the state government on the role of radical organisations behind the Hijab controversy in the state.

The court was hearing a petition filed by Ghanshyam Upadhyay who sought an investigation by the CBI and NIA into the row that started from Udupi and spread to different parts of Karnataka.

Senior advocate Subhash Jha from Mumbai, who represented Upadhyay, told the high court bench that the agitation pushing for wearing of hijab in classrooms was the handiwork of radical organisations, which are funded by some foreign nations. — PTI