Fri Apr 18 14:54:49 UTC 2025: ## CET Exam Officials Accused of Cutting Students’ Sacred Threads in Karnataka
**SHIVAMOGGA, Karnataka, April 18, 2025** – A police complaint has been filed alleging that officials at a Common Entrance Test (CET) examination center in Shivamogga, Karnataka, cut the sacred threads of Brahmin students during a security check.
The complaint, filed by the president of the Shivamogga district Brahmin Mahasabha, Nataraj Bhagavath K.C., and other community leaders, claims that officials at Adichunchanagiri College on April 16th forcibly removed the threads from students, threatening to bar them from the exam if they wore them. The complainants allege this act deeply hurt the religious sentiments of the students. They are demanding action against the officials involved under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (the article mentions BNS, which is likely a typo).
Bhagavath stated that the sacred thread holds significant religious importance for Brahmins and is worn from the Upanayana ceremony until death. He condemned the incident, drawing parallels to similar alleged incidents in Tamil Nadu, and indicated that protests will be escalated across the state and nationally if appropriate action is not taken. The police are investigating the complaint.
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