Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
The East Division CEN Police arrested an MBBS dropout for allegedly abusing a burqa-clad woman accompanied by a man from a different community and later recording a video of the incident to upload on social media.
The accused is Zakir,an MBBS course dropout.He was charged for moral policing and uploading a video to demean the woman.
The woman,who got to know about the video, complained to the East CEN police on August 26 based on which the accused was arrested within 34 hours,” said Dr Bheemashankar S Guled,DCP (East division).
He said the East Division CEN police arrested an MBBS dropout for allegedly abusing a burqa-clad woman accompanied by a man from a different community and later recording a video of the incident to upload on social media.
In a video shared on social media,a burqa-clad woman can be seen being harassed and abused by a group of men. Along with abusive language being hurled, the woman was also asked to remove her burqa, in a video shared by a user on X (formerly Twitter).
She asks,“Who are you to question me?”
When Ahamad starts troubling her by saying that she was bringing disgrace to the religion,the woman shouts back and questions “Bolne wala tum kaun Who are you to say this?)”
The accused then questions her why she was going with a Hindu,and the young woman replies that, “hamari marji (It’s my choice)”.
As people try to group around her and she is forced to leave the place,but she keeps on arguing with him.
The accused also made videos of the incident using vulgar language against the woman and made them viral on social media.
The police have booked him under section 66 and 66 (C) of the Information Technology Act 2000.The 21-year-old victim had lodged a complaint against the accused person.
The investigations have revealed that the accused young man is studying medicine in Russia and had come to his sisters’place during his two-month holiday.
The courage of the young woman has been appreciated by one and all.
