The principal of a law college in Maharashtra's Palghar district has resigned alleging she was "harassed" by the management for wearing a hijab after a controversy over it erupted in Karnataka, a charge denied by the institution's administration.
In her resignation letter, Battull Hammid, who served as the principal of the Viva College of Law in Virar, claimed she was quitting the post as she was feeling uncomfortable and suffocated.
Ms. Hammid claimed wearing the hijab had never been an issue before, but it had become an issue only after the row in Karnataka.
