FIR filed against journalist Rana Ayyub for her remarks on Karnataka Hijab row
Bengaluru: Journalist Rana Ayyub has once again come under fire from the right-wing groups after an FIR was registered against her in Karnataka’s Dharwad over her remarks in the ongoing Hijab row.
Ayyub has been booked under section 295(a) of the Indian Penal Code that deal with deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings). The FIR has been registered at Vidyagiri police station after a volunteer from a group called ‘Hindu IT Cell’ filed a complaint against her for describing those who have opposed Muslim girls wearing Hijab to schools as “Hindu terrorists” during an interview with BBC.
During the interview, Ayyub had said “For decades, students across the religious spectrum have been wearing their symbols of faith. Sikhs wear their turban to school; Muslim girls were allowed to wear the hijab to the school.”
“These girls have been wearing the hijab for a very long time — it is not for the first time — so why suddenly has this group of young Hindu vigilantes, Hindu terrorists for that matter, who are hoisting saffron flags in an education complex in Karnataka? Why are students, why are male students, furling the saffron flag in an educational institution? What does that mean?” she asked.
A fierce journalist who does not shy away from criticizing the government and authorities, Ayyub often finds herself between social media outrage and trolls from fringe right-wing Hindutva activists.
Reacting to the latest FIR that has been filed against her, Ayyub took to her Twitter account and said the obsessive attention on every word she speaks means that her work is making difference.
“This obsessive attention on me over every word I speak or write. Thank you for letting me know that my work is making a difference.” She wrote in the tweet.
This obsessive attention on me over every word I speak or write. Thank you for letting me know that my work is making a difference #alhamdulillah https://t.co/pEh7NG1gyY
— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) March 5, 2022
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
