Through PTI
NEW DELHI: The Nationwide Fee for Girls has requested the Uttar Pradesh police to probe the veracity of a purported video which displays well-liked hair stylist Jawed Habib spitting on a girl’s head whilst styling her hair.
The incident came about at a workshop being carried out via Habib in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
“The fee has taken this incident very severely and no longer best condemns this in most powerful conceivable phrases, but in addition seeks your pressing intervention within the topic to research the veracity of this viral video for fast motion as consistent with regulation/process.
This incident additionally draws violation of pointers issued via the Union house ministry beneath the Crisis Control Act, 2005, wherein spitting in public is a punishable offence within the wake of the Covid pandemic,” the NCW stated in a letter to the state police.
“You’re, due to this fact, required to right away examine the topic for suitable motion. The motion taken/standing record will have to be apprised to the fee on the earliest,” it stated.
Officers stated the Nationwide Fee for Girls (NCW) may even despatched a understand to the hairstylist for a listening to.
A famous hairstylist, Habib operates greater than 850 salons and round 65 hair academies throughout 115 towns throughout India.
Within the video, Habib is noticed spitting at the girl’s hair whilst she sits together with her again to him and is heard announcing “if there may be shortage of water, then use saliva”.
The target market will also be heard giggling and applauding within the background within the video which has now long past viral with Habib being criticised via netizens for his motion.
The stylist, on the other hand, later apologised for the act.
“Some phrases spoken via me have harm other folks. I would like so say something that those are skilled workshops and are lengthy displays and when they’re lengthy, we need to cause them to funny. What can I say? If you’re actually harm, I apologise from my middle. Please forgive me. Sorry,” he stated in a video message.
Many of us on social media hit out at Habib over the incident.
“When hair stylist Jawed Habib spat on a girl’s hair, the target market cheered Habib’s motion. Now not a unmarried individual objected to the shameful act via Habib. The girl has been recognized as Pooja Gupta and he or she did not be expecting this type of humiliating revel in,” Anshul Saxena stated on Twitter.
Any other video of the girl recounting the revel in has additionally been posted on social media.
“The day gone by, I attended a workshop of Jawed Habib. He invited me at the degree to provide me a haircut. He stated if there is not any water, you’ll use saliva. From now onwards, I will be able to move to my streetside barber for a haircut, however is not going to move to Habib,” stated Gupta, who owns a good looks parlour.
Later chatting with information channels, Gupta stated she attended the workshop to be informed from Habib and was once thrilled when she was once known as on degree via him.
“He was once no longer answering my questions. Then he driven my head, I objected and stated I’ve cervical problems. Then he spat two times on my hair and stated that should you should not have water for your parlour, then you’ll spit My husband was once making the video. When I got here down from the degree, Habib’s assistant instructed me he was once joking, she added.
