New Delhi: A government school teacher in Jammu and Kashmir allegedly beat up two girl students for wearing religions symbols – one a tilak and one a hijab – to class. The incident took place in the Rajouri district.Both students are in Class 4 at the Government Middle School Khadurian Panchyat Dramman. Their teacher, Nisar Ahmad, allegedly hit both students. He has been detained, police told NDTV. Ahmad has also been suspended and the district administration of Rajouri is investigating him.The additional district magistrate Kotranka, Rajouri will probe the incident and “whether it’s true that children were beaten; and the specific reasons for beating”, the district administration said in a notice.Parents of the two girls – one Hindu and one Muslim – recorded a video together that was shared widely on social media.“The way my daughter was beaten or Shakoor’s daughter (the other girl student) was beaten, tomorrow another teacher can beat a child for wearing a tika or niqab. I appeal to the administration and civil society that there should be an inquiry,” said Angrez Singh, the Hindu girl’s father.Speaking of the hijab controversy in other states, Singh said that a similar communal controversy must not be allowed to erupt in Jammu and Kashmir. “I want justice. Today my daughter was beaten for wearing tilak. Tomorrow, someone else will come and say why do you wear a niqab. It’s an attempt to disturb communal harmony. We will not allow this place to become UP, Bihar or Karnataka,” he said.“My daughter was beaten up ruthlessly. She was punched and kicked by the teacher,” added Mohammad Shakoor, the Muslim girl’s father.