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FIR against journalist Rana Ayyub in Karnataka for her comments on hijab row

An FIR has been filed against journalist Rana Ayyub for allegedly describing anti-hijab protesters in Karnataka as "Hindu terrorists" during a television interview, the Hindu reported.

According to the report, the FIR was registered at Vidyagiri police station in Dharwad under section 25 of the Indian Penal Code based on a complaint by one Ashwath, described as a "volunteer" of the Hindu IT Cell, a Hindu supremacist group.

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