Bengaluru lawyer files complaint against Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for grabbing woman’s hijab

Bengaluru: A Bengaluru-based advocate on Tuesday filed a complaint seeking registration of a Zero FIR with Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) M A Saleem against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after he was seen grabbing a woman's hijab.

Advocate Owaiz Hussain S also marked the complaint to the Bengaluru police commissioner and chairperson of the Karnataka State Commission for Women, among others.

Hussain said the complaint against Kumar was for "sexual assault, non-consensual physical intrusion, outraging the modesty of a woman, public humiliation, and violation of religious dignity". The complaint was acknowledged.

A video of the incident went viral on Monday in Bihar, showing Kumar gesturing to a woman doctor to remove her hijab while handing her a certificate. Before the woman reacted, Kumar was seen grabbing and pulling down the hijab.