Four engineering students from Mangaluru, Karnataka, were seen wearing burqas while dancing to a Bollywood song at a college event, sparking controversy after it was claimed that the dance mocked the burqa and hijab. The students are from the same community, and the college suspended all four.
The video went viral on social media, prompting the principal of St Joseph Engineering College in Mangaluru to suspend the students and launch and probe.
According to the college, the dance was performed by Muslim students, who ‘barged on stage’ during the informal part of the students’ association’s inaugural.
The college, in its statement, said, “It was not part of the approved programme, and the students involved have been suspended pending an investigation,” adding that “the college does not support or condone any activities that could harm the harmony between communities and everyone.”
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