Summary:
Bengaluru, Apr 11 (PTI) BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde has requested Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai for a detailed probe into "possible links" between Muskan Khan, a college student who was recently praised by Al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al Zawahiri, and "unseen hands" behind the hijab row and banned outfits.
Praising Muskaan Khan for standing in defence of hijab and chanting "Allah-hu-Akbar", Zawahiri in a video message had praised the Mandya girl.
Hegde, a former Union Minister, said Muskan"s act had become a world news and that she was rewarded by several Muslim organisations, and now Zawahiri, the leader of a banned terror out fit has praised her.
Despite Karnataka High Court"s order, several political leaders, fundamentalists and students had staged protests in favour of hijab at educational institutions, he said in a letter, dated April 8, to the Chief Minister.
He also noted that the High Court too in the hijab verdict had suggested the possibility of involvement of some unseen hands behind the row over wearing of the headscarf in classrooms of educational institutions.
"So, I hereby request for a detailed probe into the possible links between the student Muskan, and unseen hands behind the hijab row and banned organisation," he said.