Also request police to withdraw case against the institution and staffers for harassment of their daughters
One of the students’ parents hand over a complaint to the police. File pic
The parents of two Muslim girls, who were among the five students forced by the staff of Matoshri Shantabai Gote College in Washim to remove their burqas and hijabs last week, have dropped the police complaint filed against the college. Police said the parents wrote to them stating that they did not want to pursue the matter after the college tendered an apology. “We never intended to give this issue a communal colour. It was about the rights of students, especially girl students. We had demanded that the staff and college principal tender a public apology for their behaviour,” said Gazaffar Hussain, uncle of one of the students.