Vijayapura, June 5 -- Police on Friday detained Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal and his supporters during a protest against the Karnataka government's new order allowing school and college students to wear hijab.

Yatnal was taken into police custody after he and his supporters attempted to distribute saffron shawls to students near Darbar College, triggering tension over protests linked to permission for hijab in schools and colleges.

This comes after Yatnal reached the premises of Darbar Educational Institution along with his supporters to distribute saffron shawls to students, following which an argument broke out with the authorities.

However, the police intervened and stopped the move, following which an a...