Gurugram: 3 held for shaving off beard of Muslim man forcefully
The police, on Thursday, arrested three men for allegedly assaulting a 22-year-old Muslim man, keeping him hostage and chopping off his beard. They also called the complainant “Pakistani”, the police said. The accused were identified as Gaurav alias Tedha, Nitin Kumar and Ikhlash, a barber. They were produced before the court and sent to judicial custody. The complainant, Jafruddin, who runs a small dhaba in Sector 29 near IFFCO Chowk, also suffered minor injuries during the incident. The incident took place when the victim has gone to buy vegetables near Khandsa Mandi along with his cook, Ibrahim. “I wanted to get my hair cut. So, we went to a roadside salon near the mandi. Two people were already inside the shop and were getting their beards and hair cut. One of the miscreants, after getting his shave asked me to cut my beard. When I refused saying that it was a religious practice, they started abusing me. They held both my hands and forced the barber to shave off my beard. Though the barber initially refused, they threatened him and assaulted me multiple times,” Jafruddin said. Jafruddin lodged a complaint with the police late Wednesday night following which a case was registered at Sector 37 police station under sections 295A (hurting religious sentiment), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 34 (common intention)and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code on Thursday. “The barber and I got scared after one of the miscreants took out the knife and said that he will shave off my beard himself. The barber requested him to put the knife away and said he would comply,” the victim said. “I was frightened after the incident as they threatened to kill me if I was seen in the area again. I got upset and left for my village. On Wednesday, I narrated my ordeal to my family members and they discussed the matter with the village panchayat after which we called the Gurugram police and reported the matter,” Jafrudden said. -PTC News
