A Muslim woman was standing in the queue at polling booth 185 in Belagavi, Karnataka, to cast her vote when she was asked to remove her burqa for identification. Appalled, the woman refused and started crying.

This isn't the first time that such incident has been reported. Earlier a similar incident took place at a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia in November, 2017, that created a lot of heat all over the country.

The police had asked a woman to remove her burqa at the rally which was attended by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Ballia.

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According to several media reports, the woman was said to be a BJP worker. ANI had even posted a video of the incident on its Twitter page which showed three policewomen standing next to the woman.

Karnataka election today will witness a three-cornered contest between the BJP, the Congress and the JD(S). Counting of votes will be taken up on May 15 and results will be declared the same day.

The southern state will elect a new Assembly on May 15.