A 22-year-old Muslim law student alleged that she was harassed and touched inappropriately by her college mates after she refused to wear Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cap in a bus during a trip to Agra. She suggested that she was “targeted” because of her religion.
Taking it to the micro-blogging site Twitter, Umam Khanam, student of Dewan Law College in Meerut, narrated her ordeal claiming that the two male teachers accompanying the group of 55 students on April 1 did nothing to protect her.
In a series of tweets posted on Tuesday night, the woman had stated, “I went for a college trip to Agra, i was the only single Muslim student out of the 55 students. We had 4 faculty members out of which 2 were male members. The students got drunk and made me their target. They bought some stuff like caps of BJP etc. and they were forcing me to wear that when i refused then they started misbehaving with me…”
Yesterday i went for a college trip to agra …i was the only single muslim student out of the 55 students.
We had 4 faculty members out of which 2 were male members …the students got drunk that they started doing shitty things and they made me their target,— Umam khanam امم خانم (@UmamKhanam) April 3, 2019
They bought some stuff like caps of bjp etc etc and they were forcing me to wear that when i refused them they started Misbehaving with me…they tried to touch me in an indecent manner and all that was happening in a bus with 2 male Teachers who were ignoring all such
— Umam khanam امم خانم (@UmamKhanam) April 3, 2019
Stuff they were doing with me.
They started to pull my hand and where forcing me to dance with them when i refused they started Commenting Indecent things to me and started playing songs like “Jiski biwi lambi uska bhi bdha naam h use kothe pr bitha do”(All thanks to bollywood)— Umam khanam امم خانم (@UmamKhanam) April 3, 2019
in the end i was the only “MUSLIM GIRL” . They didn’t do this with any other girls even the girls were supporting them and ejoying it.
Wallahi they tried to scare me but allahmdulillah i feel am more strong and this is what bjp has done to us ….— Umam khanam امم خانم (@UmamKhanam) April 3, 2019
As per the reports, college has rusticated two students, Amit Singh and Ankur Verma, based on the written complaint.
About the action against Singh and Sharma, a college official said, “We took the case on its merit and immediately rusticated the two accused. One of them happens to be a friend of the victim. But we don’t know what happened. It is hard to confirm the sequence of events, and we can only rely on her testimony.”