Policemen lathi-charge female protesters in Ghaziabad over Hijab protest
FIR against 20 women for protesting for hijab
Ghaziabad, Feb 16: Twenty women were booked here for carrying out a protest rally in favour of hijab without permission, police here said on Wednesday.
The protest was held on Sunday and a video of it was also found circulating on social media today.
The video purportedly showed a few cops, male and female, using batons to disperse the protesting women.
The rally was held in Shani Bazaar market of Navneet Vihar colony, Circle officer, Indirapuram, Abhay Kumar Mishra said.
He said the Muslim women protesters did not have permission for the demonstration and were in violation of the section 144 in force in the area.
The protest was not organised under banner of any outfit and police are investigating the principal actors behind the act, Mishra said.
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— Adv. R.Sayed (@Umm_e_Meeran) February 16, 2022
Muslim women wearing #Hijab were lathi-charged by Uttar Pradesh Police.#Ghaziabad@zoo_bear @sushant_says@_sayema @Vakeel_Sb#HijabRow pic.twitter.com/cTgF2x1pcx
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21-year-old Indian student, missing for four days, found dead in Canada
Ottawa: An Indian student, missing for the past four days, was found dead in Ottawa, the Indian High Commission in Canada confirmed on Tuesday.
An extensive search operation was underway after the student, Vanshika Saini, went missing on April 25. The family got worried after the 21-year-old's phone was consistently switched off. “Vanshika has been missing since the evening of Friday, April 25th, 2025, after leaving her residence at 7 Majestic Drive around 8-9 PM to view a rental room. Her phone was switched off at approximately 11:40 PM that night, and she missed an important exam the following day an action completely out of character for her,” read a letter written to the Ottawa Police Service by the Hindi Community in Ottawa.
As per media reports, Vanshika, the daughter of a local AAP leader from Punjab’s Dera Bassi, was found dead on a beach near her college in Ottawa. The investigating officers are yet to recover Vanshika's mobile phone.
The cause of the death is currently under investigation.
The Indian High Commission in Canada stated that it is in close contact with the bereaved families and local community associations to offer all possible assistance.
