Hyderabad, March 16 -- Tensions prevailed in Jagtial after five students were allegedly denied entry into school on Monday, March 16, and suspended for wearing a Hanuman mala.

The incident occurred at the Nikhil Bharat School in Metpally. In a video shared on social media, one of the students said, "My name is Arjit. The school Principal asked us not to come for 21 days, saying we should sit in a temple doing bhajans."

As news spread, Hindutva members gathered at the school, raised slogans against the school and vandalised it.

"The school management is being biased; they took action against the students for wearing the Hanuman mala, the same management won't take action against students attending school while fasting during Ramzan," sa...