More than 60 young women at a school in India say they were forced to strip and show their underpants to teachers in order to prove they were not on their period.
More than 60 young women at a school in India have said they were forced to strip and show their underpants to teachers in order to prove that they were not on their period.College rules placed restrictions on students who are menstruating, including requiring them to sleep in the basement and not touch other studentsSome 68 female students were told to undress after a used sanitary napkin was found in the garden of Sahjanand Girls Institute in the city of Bhuj.
"The principal abused and insulted us, asking which of us were having our periods. Two of us who were menstruating stepped aside," said one of the students, as quoted by the Hindustan Times. The college, located in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat, is run by the conservative Swaminarayan Hindu sect.
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