Hyderabad, Dec. 17 -- Two prominent activists from Hyderabad, Khalida Parveen and Lubna Sarwath, have filed police complaints urging action against Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar after he tried to pull the niqab from a woman's face while distributing appointment letters to newly recruited Ayush doctors.

On Wednesday, December 17, Khalida Parveen approached the Langar Houz police, urging them to file an FIR against the CM for outraging a woman's modesty.

"In a secular country like India, the act of forceful removal of a muslim woman's veil is not only a violation of her right to privacy and dignity guaranteed under Article 21 but also equivalent to snatching away her fundamental right to live according to one's culture and religious f...