80 years old Hindu man beaten for eating in Ramazan

[Roybot]

ISLAMABAD: A Hindu octogenarian has been beaten black and blue in a rural Sindh district for eating during the fasting month of Ramazan, police confirmed on Saturday.

Gokal Das, a resident of Hayat Pitafi, a remote village of Ghotki district, was having Biryani given to him in charity on Friday afternoon when a police constable and his brother beat him up for eating in public in Ramazan.

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The village falls in the jurisdiction of Jawar police station. SHO Bachal Qazi said Gokal Das was having Biryani around 6pm on Friday when Ali Hassan Haidrani and his brother Mir Hassan threw the elderly man on the ground and beat him black and blue. “Haidrani, who is posted elsewhere, was on vacation in Hayat Pitafi village.”

According to SHO Qazi, the two brothers left Gokal Das bleeding. He was driven to hospital in nearby Mirpur Mathelo where he was treated for his wounds.

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He added that they have registered a case against Haidrani and his brother who have subsequently been arrested. “We will seek remand of the two accused on Monday for further investigation,” he added. However, another police official told The Express Tribune that the local police helped Haidrani escape.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 12th, 2016.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/1121012/hindu-man-beaten-eating-ramazan/

 

[Nilgiri]

I thought older people (even if Muslim) can be exempt from the fasting anyway to begin with? Or they should also not eat in public?

A very terrible incident.

 

[MAB]

rural sindh has to be one of the most backward and ignorant parts of Pakistan, quite shameful. Unfortunately these incidents happen every year and not just to Hindus even Muslims get beaten for eating.

 

[Goenitz]

pathetic use of power... shameful incident...

 

[Grevion]

I didn't know you can't eat in public during Ramdan. Well that needs to be looked upon by the Pakistani administration as not everbody can fast during Ramdan and not just Hindus but Muslims as well.

 

[Nilgiri]

I didn't know you can't eat in public during Ramdan. Well that needs to be looked upon by the Pakistani administration as not everbody can fast during Ramdan and not just Hindus but Muslims as well.

Even if its illegal in an absolutist sense (eat in public during fasting)....thats no grounds for thrashing up someone, especially someone so old.

Whats disturbing is that the local police might have helped the culprits escape justice or something...I hope its not true.

 

[sankaraiyer]

Sad indeed. Islam always gave exemptions. The trouble is the mindset of the policeman in the rural areas have not been exposed.

 

[Musafir117]

Poor fella
And heard the policeman who did that arrested and charged, no one post that news
Well, in month of Ramdhan publicly eating is not allowed but beating up is inhuman act.

 

[gslv]

If one's faith is so unstable that he will get enticed by seeing someone eat , i dont think he will get the spiritual ( if anything exists like that) benefit that he is aiming for.

 

[Devil Soul]

Policeman arrested for allegedly torturing elderly Hindu man in Ghotki
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Pictures of the brutal torture went viral on social media as people called for justice for the old citizen. ─ Photo by author


GHOTKI: A police constable in Ghotki, who reportedly tortured an aged Hindu man for selling edibles before Iftar, was arrested by police following a social media campaign calling for justice for the old man.

According to police, a cop named Ali Hassan – posted in Ghotki district's Hayat Pitafi town – was arrested on charges of torturing and injuring Gokal Das, an octogenarian.

SSP Ghotki Masood Bangash told Dawn that a First Information Report (FIR) had been registered in Jarwar police station under Sections 337, 504 and 506/2 of the Pakistan Penal Code against the policeman for assaulting the senior citizen.

The complainant in the case is Vindod Kumar, grandson of victim Gokal Das.

The cop Ali Hassan under police custody in Ghotki.─ photo by author


The police officer said the unfortunate incident, which drew everyone's attention, took place on Friday.

As pictures of Das showing his torture marks went viral on social media, Inspector General Sindh A.D. Khawaja also took notice of the incident, ordering immediate action.




A number of rights activists, while talking to Dawn, lauded the IG's quick response and demanded an exemplary punishment for the accused cop.

Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, sister of PPP co-chairman Bilawal Bhutto, also tweeted about the arrest of the policeman.




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So sad if true,The involved should be behind bars asap.

 

[saiyan0321]

Wow. Those policemen who were beating him at that time mist have thought themselves the highest of momins despite the fact that in roza you are absolutely forbidden to even raise your voice in anger or use slurs bcz it breaks the fast and the fast becomes meaningless much less beating somebody up. In Islamic tenents even in a state of war we are not allowed to hurt an elderly so how fan this be justified.

Why? Bcz you were so weak in your fast that you couldn't watch anybody else eat. If people are going to act like animals then its better they don't fast.

There is no set law in Pakistan that forbids publicly eating in ramzan however it is a social taboo ( which hold greater power than law in the subcontinent in some areas) ...

However I will say this that one incident doesn't mean a nation. These pigs that beat up the old men do not represent pakistan and I hope they get the worst of punishments bcz battery and assault are punishable by law.

Fasting is an act of worship were you abstain from all sins and anger and hurting others. Its to make us a better person.

 

[Roybot]

Poor fella
And heard the policeman who did that arrested and charged, no one post that news
Well, in month of Ramdhan publicly eating is not allowed but beating up is inhuman act.

Don't people break their fast in the evening anyways? He was eating at 6 in the evening.

 

[OrionHunter]

OK It So Happens The Author of This Thread In Dire Need of An Education.These Events No Doubt Condemable and Disgusting Are Isolated Incidents.There Is No Nationwide Trend.Most Stories of "Girls Forced Marrying and Conversions' Turned Out To Be Concoctions Made By The NGO Mafia.They Play Up Things to Get Western Funding.

In Karachi Two Of My Fathers Hindu Friends Told Him That Some NGO Approached Them and Offered Them Money If They Migrate To India.

In Pakistan There Is No RSS, No Nationwide Ghar Wapsi, Campaign No Bahu Lao Beti Bachao,The Perception That It Happens Everywhere Is Wrong

Did you notice that you had your 'Bold' on when you wrote this? And why is every word starting off with a CAPITAL letter? Is this some new gen norm that we don't know of? Pretty irritating to say the least!

 

[PakEye]

This is not the Targeted action against a aged Pakistani HINDU As Played in India by extremist Hindu shivesena, bajarangdal against Minorities.
this is limited behavior of Police against citizens need to be corrected by behavior education .