Woman Riding Pillion Forced To Take Off Hijab In Madhya Pradesh
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Visuals show the people taking off her hijab while she protested, visibly crying.
A woman riding pillion on a scooter was forced to remove her hijab by some people in Bhopal on Saturday, which led to widespread criticism on social media. According to reports, the woman was riding pillion with a man when some people stopped them on a narrow street in Bhopal's Islam Nagar and asked her to remove the hijab that she was wearing. A girl was forced to remove her burkha as the people suspected that the man on whose scooter she was riding pillion was a Hindu, in Islam Nagar, Bhopal on Saturday afternoon @ndtv@ndtvindiapic.twitter.com/66QPE5OJax
Visuals show the people taking off her hijab while she protested, visibly crying. A man is also heard in the video telling the woman that she was a "disgrace" to the community.
The police said the people who had gathered there suspected the woman was with a Hindu man, so they forced the scooter to stop.
No police case has been filed. Two of the men who were seen stopping the scooter were detained and let off after a warning not to repeat the act.
