Malayil, unrattled by the development, wrote that his daughter was lucky to get away from stone-pelting punishment. Henna is an all-rounder, doing well in her studies and winning prizes in art festivals. The girl stood first in her class in studies and was fifth in the Madarasa public examination.

Malayil’s reaction has come in for praise by the social media with most of them lauding his boldness, while nearly 2,800 have shared the post.

Madarasas in Kerala are courting controversies in the last couple of years with allegations of abuse, promoting Wahabism and intolerance being made against them.