India, Dec. 19 -- The recent incident involving Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pulling the veil off a woman doctor's face has triggered widespread outrage in Kashmir, with political and religious leaders condemning the act as a serious violation of personal dignity and demanding accountability.

Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti on Friday lodged a police complaint seeking registration of an FIR against the Bihar chief minister. In her complaint to the Kothibagh police, Mufti termed the act a brutal assault on the dignity, autonomy, and identity of a Muslim woman and alleged that it has emboldened miscreants to target veiled women elsewhere.

Mufti said the incident was particularly disturbing as it occurred in full public v...