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Hijab Row Escalates in Doda: Students Chant 'Nara-e-Takbir', SHO Says 'This is a Hospital, Not an Islamic College'.
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News18•01-10-2026, 23:10
Hijab Row Escalates in Doda: Students Chant 'Nara-e-Takbir', SHO Says 'This is a Hospital, Not an Islamic College'.
- •The hijab controversy has escalated in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir, with female students chanting 'Nara-e-Takbir'.
- •The SHO told protesting students, 'This is a hospital, not an Islamic college,' urging them to stop the protest.
- •Students allege that Dr. Madhu Chhib, a professor in the gynecology department, has been harassing them for wearing the hijab.
- •One student claimed the doctor pulled her hijab and told her not to appear before her wearing it.
- •Protesting students assert that the hijab is part of their identity and they will not remove it.
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Female students of Doda Government Medical College (GMC) protested after alleging that Dr. Madhu Chhib, a professor in the gynecology department, continuously harassed them for wearing the hijab and even pulled one student's hijab.
SHO Tariq told the protesting students that chanting slogans inside a hospital was inappropriate because the facility serves everyone and is not an Islamic college, while also assuring them that he would address any external interference regarding their faith separately.
The students submitted a written complaint to the GMC Doda management, and both the doctor and the GMC management have initiated an investigation into the harassment allegations.
