Calling him “Pakistani” a Muslim dhaba owner’s beard was forcefully shaved off

In an outrageous event, a Muslim man has been called” Pakistani” and had his beard forcefully shaved off.

The incident took place in Gurugram, Haryana.

The victim Jafruddin and his cook Ibrahim had gone to a salon for a haircut on July 31 around 6 p.m. when two young men allegedly got into an altercation with them without provocation and shaved off his beard. The FIR stated that Jafruddin had gone to buy vegetables along with Ibrahim when the latter asked him to accompany him to the salon.

“When I reached the salon, two young men were already present there. After they were done, one of them asked me to get my beard shaved off. I refused to say that my religion did not permit it,” said Jafruddin, a resident of Badli village in Nuh’s Punhana block.

The matter escalated and the two young men allegedly abused him, beat him up and labeled him a “Pakistani”. “They said I was from Pakistan since I had refused to get my beard shaved off. The two men then tied me up to the chair with a scarf and threatened to kill me,” said Jafruddin.

When the hairdresser Ikhlas, also a Muslim, refused to shave off Jafruddin’s beard, the accused beat him up as well and tried to cut the beard with a razor on their own, the FIR stated. At this point, Ikhlas took the razor from them and shaved off Jafruddin’s beard.

Jafruddin said that he tried to call the Police Control Room soon after the incident, but the phone did not connect. “I was too scared to go the police station and went back home in Nuh. It was only after I told my family and villagers about the incident that they decided to take up the matter with the police,” said Jafruddin.

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ACCUSED ARRESTED

The police on Thursday arrested three persons, including a barber, for forcibly trimming beard of a Muslim man, describing him a ‘Pakistani.’

The three were identified as Gaurav alias Tedha (a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshehr district), Nitin (Rohtak, Haryana) and Iklas from Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh).

Police said the three were arrested under various IPC sections dealing with outraging religious feelings, voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation.