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Mumbai: AIMIM leader Waris Pathan detained on way to protest against Hijab ban

Updated on: 16 February,2022 08:34 PM IST  |  Mumbai
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The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader was detained by the Worli police and taken to the police station in the afternoon and was released later, the senior police official said

Mumbai: AIMIM leader Waris Pathan detained on way to protest against Hijab ban

Waris Pathan. Pic/Official Twitter account

Mumbai police detained AIMIM leader Waris Pathan while he was going to attend a protest organised by his party's women wing in suburban Malad in support of Muslim students in the Karnataka hijab row, an official said.


The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader was detained by the Worli police and taken to the police station in the afternoon and was released later, the senior police official said.


Pathan, who is the national spokesperson of the party, said in his tweet, "I have been put under House arrest by Mumbai Police at my Worli residence as I was supposed to attend a peaceful protest organised by AIMIM Mumbai Women's Unit at malad mumbai against #Hijab Ban. Is democracy left under MVA govt rule?" In another tweet, he said, "After my announcement of peaceful protest at Malad, Malwani against #hijab ban in Karnataka, Mumbai Police put me under house arrest in the morning & has now arrested me. Is participating in a peaceful protest Crime now @mumbaipolice?"


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