To avoid his family landing in unnecessary controversy over the video statement released by Al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al Zawahiri, praising Karnataka college student Muskan for defending hijab, her father termed the comments of the terror outfit’s leader as “wrong”, and said he and his family were living peacefully in India.

Noting that such incidents are disturbing the peace of the family, he said the police and state government can initiate any inquiry to ascertain the truth.

“We don’t know anything about it (video), we don’t know who he is. I saw him today for the first time. He has said something in Arabic…..We are all living here with love and trust like brothers,” Mohammad Hussain Khan told reporters in response to a question on Zawahiri’s video.

Adding that Muskan too has seen the video, Khan said whatever Zawahiri has said is ‘wrong.’ “… she (Muskan) is still a student, she wants to study,” he said.

At the peak of hijab row in February, Muskan Khan, a second-year B. Com student in Mandya was heckled by a group of students, wearing saffron shawl, for entering the college with hijab. As they shouted “Jai Shri Ram”, Muskan retorted by shouting “Allah-hu-Akbar.” Following this, college authorities intervened and brought the situation under control.