Overview
- On Tuesday, advocates and civic groups served a legal notice to the principal of Ideal College in Kalyan, naming signatories including Faiyaz Alam Shaikh, Ateeque Ahmed Khan and Nafees Khan.
- It seeks identification of Bajrang Dal and VHP members seen confronting students and a written explanation of how outsiders entered the campus.
- Demands include preservation of CCTV footage, stricter gate-entry protocols, a circular on religious neutrality, and assurances against coerced religious gestures or public humiliation.
- The signatories say they will approach the Bombay High Court, the Maharashtra State Minority Commission, the National Human Rights Commission, and the Higher and Technical Education department if unmet.
- The notice follows videos showing Muslim pharmacy students praying on campus and later apologising before a Shivaji statue as men shout “Jai Shri Ram,” with police stating no complaint was received.