Believe It Or Not, This Pakistani Artist's 'Very Long Hair' Landed Him In Jail
Abuzar Madhu, an artist from Pakistan was arrested by the Lahore police because of his long hair and his appearance.
While the law enforcement officers like the police are there to help the citizens and eliminate any sort of wrong doings that goes against the law, there might be a thin line in knowing what actually is good and bad. There might might be times when these officers end up doing things that seem strange to the rest of us.
A case like that happened in Pakistan to an artist by the name of Abuzar Madhu who was looking for a rickshaw at 3am when he was arrested by Lahore Police earlier this month.
Why? Well, apparently because his hair was too long. That's right! The artist not only got arrested for that but also spent a night in jail because of the same reason.
Abuzar is an artist & a teacher. He was waiting for a Rickshaw near Kalma Chawk when a police van stopped him. They asked for his ID card, which luckily he had. He showed the ID card. The police officer then asked others to put him in the police van ¡®Ainu Gaddi wich Pao¡¯ pic.twitter.com/6Wu9Odk5L6
¡ª Natasha Javed (@natashajaved1) June 7, 2021
The entire incident was shared on Twitter by Abuzar's friend, Natasha who narrated what exactly happened.
In the Twitter thread, it was mentioned that Abuzar was waiting for a rickshaw near Kalma Chawk when a police van stopped him. They asked him for his ID which he showed them and they still arrested him.
Abuzar asked the officer what the issue was. The officer continued to threaten and scare him by saying that he will find out the issue once he reaches the police station. That the issue was his ¡®Hulia¡¯/appearance, his ¡®lambay Baal¡¯ and that he is out on the street at 3 am.
¡ª Natasha Javed (@natashajaved1) June 7, 2021
Despite the fact that Abuzar kept telling the police that he was an artist and a teacher, they took him to the police station just to teach him a lesson. They checked his bag and only found a few books in it. Even after that, Abuzar had to spend a whole night in jail just because he had long hair.
However, before getting his phone confiscated, Abuzar had asked a few friends for help and they got him out the next morning.
Natasha, in her tweets seemed furious and asked why the police misused their power and harassed and bullied a teacher, an artist, a law-abiding citizen for no apparent reason?
To protect actually operating to threaten us?
¡ª Natasha Javed (@natashajaved1) June 7, 2021
Saifullah knew he can threaten Abuzar & get away with it. That this is some sort of twisted and fucked up power high. That he won¡¯t face any consequences for bullying a citizen. That he is confirming the fear we have from the police.
Many others also supported Abuzar and questioned this incident.
I am a former student of Sir Abuzar. He was one of the kindest souls i have ever met. There is no justification to his arrest. This is bullshit, he did nothing wrong
¡ª aloo. (@RyaanRafi) June 7, 2021
Thanks for sharing. The fear of authority and power is so normal for a common man. It is this fear that inhibits free thinking and progress. Institutions and people need a course correction. Wonder how?
¡ª Nishmeet Singh (@NishmeetS) June 7, 2021
Omg this is horrifying so sorry your friend had to go through this.
¡ª Iffat Omar Official (@OmarIffat) June 7, 2021
He came as a trainer to one of our trainings and what a guy he is. One of the most peaceful & unproblematic people i have ever met. What is wrong with our police???? https://t.co/gjKUzvgJog
¡ª Rabia Satti???? (@motherofragnar) June 8, 2021
It's disheartening to see how some people still choose to control someone's way of living.
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