Overview
- At Bengaluru’s Krupanidhi College, students said invigilators on Thursday forced them to remove the janeu, a Hindu sacred thread, to sit the KCET Physics paper.
- Following Friday’s complaints by parents, Madiwala police filed a case and questioned three staffers, who were suspended by the college pending inquiry.
- The exam authority said rules do not require removal of religious threads, a policy reiterated last year after similar cases, and senior officials opened an inquiry into procedural lapses.
- Political pressure grew as BJP leaders demanded arrests and accused the government of bias, while ministers condemned the checks and promised action.
- New cases emerged in Chikkaballapur and near Devanahalli, where a student said staff cut his thread and threw it in a bin, and he has sought a re‑exam or grace marks.