Situation in Tripura district tense after a student was beaten up

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Tripura's Sepahijala district turned tense after a student was beaten up a group of students. Huge contingent of security forces were deployed after the incident. A police officer said that Mohammad Illyas Sarkar, a class ten student of a government aided Higher Secondary School in Bishalghar sub-division protested against the group of student for preventing Muslim girl students wearing hijab.

The incident sparked outrage among the locals leading to a road blocked in protest against the attack. The Sepahijala district police in a Facebook post said: «An incident of assault upon a student of Karaimura Higher Secondary School under Bishalgarh PS, Sepahijala District has been reported to Bishalgarh PS. Police immediately rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.

A specific case in this regard has been registered and investigation is in progress. It is clarified that the incident is in no way related to any religious issue as circulated in some platforms. We request all to maintain peace and tranquility in the area.

Pls avoid any kind of rumour. Rumour mongers will be booked and strict action will be taken against them.» It is alleged that Sarkar was dragged outside school premises and beaten up. Priyatosh Nandi, the headmaster of the Karaimura Higher Secondary school said that a group of students had earlier met him and they raised concerns about allowing Muslim girl students to wear hijab in the school premises and requested him to enforce a ban on it.

They asked the headmaster to ask all students to wear the common school uniform. Opposition CPI-M condemned the attack on the minority student and demanded action against the VHP members. Local BJP MLA Sukanta Deb also condemned the attack.