Hijab row: Karnataka student screams Islamic slogan, Allah hu Akbar after hecklers chanting Jai Shri Ram

The Karnataka college student identified as Muskan from Mandya district said she shouted Islamic slogan, Allah hu Akbar, in response to the sloganeering by a mob wearing saffron scarves when they heckled her outside the college.

"I was going to college to submit an assignment. There were some people who were not allowing me to go to the college because I was wearing a burqa. They were asking me to remove burqa and then go inside," Muskan told.

She said those trying to stop her from entering the college premises were wearing saffron scarves, as was visible in the video going



viral on social media. She said the mob started chanting 'Jai Shri Ram'. In response, she shouted 'Allah hu Akbar', Muskan said.

"...I came in and they started shouting Jai Shri Ram, Jai Shri Ram. I was just passing. There were a lot of boys standing. Some of them were outsiders and some from the college. But our principal and every lecturer supported me," she said.

While many hailed Muskan as brave for having stood her ground against a crowd of hecklers, some others accused her of using religious slogan in response to the group which was demanding a ban on burqa and hijab on campus.