Pakistani Girl Beaten by Muslims in Mumbai mall for Urdu Tattoo, All Voices
No guys this didn't happen in a Mall somewhere in Pakistan but in Malad, Mumbai. It seems like these Muslim extremists are acting like watchdogs on lines of those Islamic dress code police they have in Iran and Saudi Arabia.
And what did Mumbai police do? They hauled up the girl for hurting Muslim's religious sentiments but not the attackers for assault on her. Media, as expected, is not complaining like they usually do against morality policing of Shiv Sena. Its a different question when it comes to morality but this is blatant religious fanaticism of implementing Sharia with human rights violation in a non-Islamic state.
22-year-old Saba Najam was at a Malad mall last week when some women beat her up and dragged her to the cops over a tattoo on her back; she left for Pakistan on Friday.
Riyaz Ahmed Talukdar, a member of Jan Seva Sangh, a local NGO, had first spotted the tattoo on Saba's back and informed his mother, Shabana Talukdar. Riyaz said, "When I saw the tattoo I was furious as holy words from the Quran were on her back." Shabana, along with a few other women, then came to the mall in the next 15 minutes and confronted Saba in the washroom.
They slapped the girl several times before the mall management intervened.
Saba was unavailable for comment. Meanwhile, Riyaz says he is happy Saba has left the country.
22-year-old Saba Najam was at a Malad mall last week when some women beat her up over a tattoo on her back
A Pakistani national, who had come to pursue a course in production from Whistling Woods International Institute in Mumbai, was beaten up at a Malad mall last week for sporting a tattoo in Urdu on her back. The incident scared the girl so much that she left for Pakistan on Friday.
Saba Najam, 22, was roughed up at Hypercity Mall in Malad last Monday after some people spotted a tattoo in Urdu on her back. The incident took place at around 8.30 pm when Saba had gone to the washroom of the mall.
It said ‘Thank you god’
Some women suddenly approached her and assaulted her over the tattoo which read ‘Shukr Alham Du Lillah’, meaning ‘Thank you, God’.
Riyaz Ahmed Talukdar, a member of Jan Seva Sangh, a local NGO, had first spotted the tattoo on Saba’s back and informed his mother, Shabana Talukdar. Riyaz said, “When I saw the tattoo I was furious as holy words from the Quran were on her back.” Shabana, along with a few other women, then came to the mall in the next 15 minutes and confronted Saba in the washroom.
They slapped the girl several times before the mall management intervened.
“Since both the parties concerned are our patrons we simply referred the matter to the police,” said Manvir Singh, spokesperson of Hypercity Mall. The group, along with Saba, were taken to the Bangur Nagar police station.
Danaji Nalavde, inspector in-charge of crime at the police station, said, “There was nothing objectionable about the tattoo and there are no legal provisions under which we could have booked her. But since the group of people were agitated we asked Saba to give her statement in writing.”
In her statement Saba said she was sorry and that she would get the tattoo removed through laser surgery in the next three days. Nevertheless, the cops referred the matter to legal experts to see if they could book Saba for hurting religious sentiments or under any other legal provision.
No cases booked
On Friday night, however, Saba left for Lahore. Ravi Gupta, executive director of Whistling Woods said that Saba seemed extremely disturbed after the incident. “We had spoken to the cops who assured us that there was no case against her. We told her there was nothing to worry about but she was too scared.” Saba hails from Lahore in Pakistan and had come to Mumbai in 2007 on a student visa. She joined Whistling Woods in 2008.
She got the tattoo done from a tattoo parlour in Bandra in February 2008.
Saba was unavailable for comment. Meanwhile, Riyaz says he is happy Saba has left the country.
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