Mangaluru, Dec 9: Four boys, students of a private college in the city, were kept under suspension on Friday for allegedly dancing to the tune of an Item song wearing burqas.
The programme had taken place in the college on the evening of Wednesday. After the programme was over, students of the college got on to the dais and danced wearing burqas. This video went viral on social media and heated debates were going on among netizens.
The college administrative board which considered the matter seriously held an internal inquiry and suspended the four boys.
Speaking to media, the acting principal of the college said, “The dance in the video has taken place after the official programme was over. The college does not support any act inside the campus that jeopardises the harmony between various communities.”
The students are Muslims and have been suspended pending an inquiry, the college said. College management later also issued a statement declaring ‘everyone on campus knows that strict guidelines are in place in this regard’.
“The video clip being circulated in social media has captured a part of the dance by students of the Muslim community itself who barged on stage during the informal part of students association inaugural,” the college tweeted.
“It was not part of the approved program and the students involved have been suspended pending inquiry. The college does not support or condone activities that could harm the harmony between communities and everyone,” it added.
The video shared by several users – sparked controversy after it was alleged that the dance mocked the burqa and hijab. Multiple social media users also called the dance inappropriate because it had ‘obscene steps’.
