KOCHI: Tension grew at St Rita's Public School in Palluruthy, Kochi, after an eighth-standard student was barred from wearing a hijab - violating the prescribed uniform rules - eventually forcing the school authorities to lodge a complaint with the police, move the high court seeking protection and declare holidays for two days, on Monday and Tuesday. The girl's parents, meanwhile, filed a complaint to the chief minister, on his grievance redressal forum. School authorities said the girl came wearing a hijab on Oct 7, prompting them to call up her parents and inform that she would not be allowed to sit in the class if she did not follow the uniform rule. The next day she wore a hijab again. While she did not turn up on Oct 9, she came back on Friday wearing a hijab, forcing the school a

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