New Delhi, March 11, 2023 (PPI-OT): A section of society, including social media influencers, is outraged and disgusted after videos showing Muslim women being harassed on the roads during Holi celebrations across India. Journalist Zakir Ali Tiyagi posted a video which was shared by Instagram user Prashant on his account. The video, which is said to be from Bijnor town in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, shows that two burqa-clad women are hit by water pouches while crossing a road. The women can be seen trying to protect themselves and running away after taking their slippers in their hands.

“Action was not taken by the Bijnor police even though I informed the police about the location of the video and shared the name of the account holder who uploaded the video. Dear police officials, should we also arrest the accused? Then, you will do?” tweeted Tyagi. He also said that the police asked the user to delete the video instead of taking action against him. However, the video has gone viral on social media with many people objecting to the obnoxious behaviour towards women.

Sharing the video, Yogita Bhayana, an activist, asked what kind of culture it was. “What kind of culture is this? Is this a country of APJ Abdul Kalam and Gandhi’s dream? This is a matter of shame”. She pointed out that this was the lowest thing in morality and ethics. Prominent journalist, Sakshi Joshi, pointed out that Muslim men are not allowed to play garba. However, Muslim women, who do not want to play Holi, are misbehaved with. “They do themselves what they accused Muslim boys of,” she said. Another video shows a mob throwing water on a Muslim woman even though she was warning them not to do so.

There is also a viral video which shows a Japanese woman being groped and harassed by a group of youth, presumably in Delhi’s Paharganj area. In the video, the youth could be seen grabbing the woman and smearing colours on her amid chants of ‘Holi hai’. A boy could also be seen smashing an egg on her head, even as the woman shouted ‘bye bye’ just to escape from the spot. Indian media quoted a senior police officer as saying that a tweet has come to their notice which contains a video of Holi wherein few people are seen applying colour on a foreign national.

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