Muslim Student Punched for Wearing Hijab

Miss Choudhury, 18, who refused to reveal her first name, told detectives she was knocked to the floor in a brutal racist attack two months ago.

She claimed she was set upon in Birmingham city centre at 7.30am because she had been wearing Islamic headwear.

The teen suggested Muslims were being increasingly targeted because of the Paris terror attacks which left 130 dead.

But West Midlands Police revealed she has since been fined £90 after CCTV revealed she had made up the attack.

Detectives accompanied her on a walk through the city centre to help her pinpoint the exact location then trawled through footage in a bid to identify an offender.

But they found no evidence it had happened.

Supt Andy Parsons, from West Midlands Police, said: "Detectives spent countless hours looking through footage from the network of city centre CCTV cameras in a bid topiece together what happened.

"The footage shows her walking normally along and at no stage does she appear in distress or seen reacting to anything.

"There is no evidence she was physically assaulted and she was given a penalty notice for wasting police time.

"Hate crimes are taken very seriously.

"Birmingham is a multicultural city and everyone should be free to go about their lives without fear of being verbally or physically abused simply because of who they are.

"But lying to the police is a serious offence.

"It can divert crucial police resources away from investigating real crimes and helping true victims and will lead to a fine, caution or potentially a jail term for perverting the course of justice.''

"It can divert crucial police resources away from investigating real crimes and helping true victims and will lead to a fine, caution or potentially a jail term for perverting the course of justice.''

Miss Choudhury had claimed she was shoved from behind then punched in the face by a hooded attacker as she walked to a train station to meet pals.

She said the attack had left her too scared to walk through in the city alone.

"I feel shocked and really scared that someone could attack you for no reason. I don't feel safe at all now,'' she said at the time.

"I can only think it was because he saw my hijab as he didn't take my bag or anything.''

She said the Paris atrocity had 'made life harder for innocent Muslims'.

"We don't want people to be killed - that's not our religion. Our religion is all about peace,'' she said.

"My parents are so scared that they're telling me to take my hijab off.

"My mum's telling me to wear a hat instead.''