Kargil girls miss NEET exams after provocative frisking
Karbalai, Munshi condemn incident
Jammu/Kargil: Two girls from Kargil, who were to appear in NEET exam today, missed the paper as in the name of frisking, there headgears were pulled and torn.
A senior leader of Congress from Kargil, Nasir Munshi told Kashmir Images on phone that two Kargil girls, Zahida Batool and Farida Batool had to appear in NEET exams at Convent School Jammu.
As the girls reached there, the frisking staff, in the name of frisking, pulled down their head gear and tore the same.
Angered over the incident, the girls protested and in the process missed their exam, Munshi said.
The girls, sources said, have registered an FIR against the frisking staff in a local police station in Jammu, sources said.
Meanwhile, senior Congress leader and MLA, Asgar Karbalai, while condemning the incident said that attempts are being made to polarize the situation in the state and the state government watches as a mute spectator.
Both Karbali and Nasir Munshi asked the concerned authorities to book those who tried to humiliate these girls by attacking their traditional attire.
They also appealed the concerned that the girls are given a chance to appear in the exam as they couldn’t do the same after being traumatized by the security staff.
Kashmir Images is an English language daily newspaper published from Srinagar (J&K), India. The newspaper is one of the largest circulated English dailies of Kashmir and its hard copies reach every nook and corner of Kashmir Valley besides Jammu and Ladakh region.
