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Taking beardown objection to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar purportedly pulling down a niqab (veil) of a woman, activists from Hyderabad submitted complaints to the metropolis police, seeking FIRs to beryllium registered against him.
A video clip surfaced online which showed Mr. Kumar pulling the veil of a Muslim pistillate astatine a government-organised event. He was handing implicit assignment letters to AYUSH doctors erstwhile helium pointed retired astatine a pistillate and pulled her niqab. The video clip was wide shared connected societal media, and drew disapproval from assorted quarters.
Hyderabad-based activistic Lubna Sarwath wrote to the Osmania University constabulary seeking a Zero FIR against Mr. Kumar. Relying connected media reports, she said that the incidental happened connected December 15. The act, she maintained, was successful afloat nationalist presumption and led to the pistillate being humiliated. She sought a lawsuit againt Mr. Kumar nether applicable sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
She besides wrote to the National Commission for Women urging them to instrumentality cognizance of the incident, nonstop Bihar Police to publication a case, and instrumentality up an investigation, and guarantee the extortion of the woman, and supply counselling to her.
Another activist, Khalida Parveen, submitted a ailment against Mr. Kumar astatine the Langar Houz constabulary station. She said that pulling oregon touching immoderate portion of a woman’s covering without her consent is simply a crime. “Mr. Kumar’s enactment had emboldened anti-social elements. He pulled the niqab by force. This is wrong, and a Chief MInister has done this,” she said, adding that the incidental had wounded the sentiments of women, and had gravely belittled their dignity.
Emphasising that women should not consciousness frightened, she urged the Telangana constabulary to record a lawsuit against the Bihar CM and instrumentality action. “A idiosyncratic occupying specified an important presumption should ne'er indulge successful specified things. He should person respect for the seat successful which helium is sitting,” she said.
