Srinagar, June 26 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association on Thursday wrote to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Thiru MK Stalin, seeking his immediate intervention in a disturbing case of alleged religious discrimination against a young Muslim doctor from the Kashmir Valley.

The doctor, Dr Zubair Ahmad, was allotted a DrNB (Nephrology) seat at Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital (KMCH), Coimbatore, through the NEET-SS second counselling round conducted by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS). He was allegedly asked to shave his beard.

In its letter, the Association said that upon reporting to the hospital to complete admission formalities, Dr Zubair was reportedly asked to sign a policy document that prohibited sp...