Ahmedabad, August 1: A private school in Gujarat's Bharuch tendered an apology on Wednesday after angry parents and local BJP MLA confronted teh school's authority for punishing some of the girl students for wearing 'Mehendi’ (henna). According to a tweet by ANI, the private school, run by a Christian trust had issued diktat barring the girl students wearing 'mehndi' on their hands from attending classes. The incident took place at Queen of Angel’s Convent School at Vadadala on the outskirts of Bharuch city.

Anguished by the punishment, many parents arrived at the school and questioned the management. Sister Shila, School administration on Wednesday apologised for the school's behaviour with the girls and said such incident will not be repeated.

"This type of incident will not be repeated. We celebrate all festivals. We don't discriminate students on the basis of their religion. This rule has been followed in our school from the beginning. We haven't suspended anyone", the Sister said.

The diktat issued by the school had received flak from the parents and local Hindu outfit. A PTI report quoted BJP MLA Dushyant Patel saying that the school principal made around 25 girls stand outside for four hours as a punishment for wearing henna designs on their hands on Tuesday.

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