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New Delhi: In a shocking development Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar was threatened by a Pakistan-based man over the hijab row. An unknown person, allegedly based in Pakistan, uploaded a video threatening the Bihar leader for trying to pull up the hijab of a Muslim woman in the national capital, during a government programme, reported the Times of India. Soon after the video was uploaded, it came to the notice of the Patna Police, who immediately contacted the cyber cell department and approached Meta, to have it removed.
Meanwhile, a case was registered by the Patna Police in the matter after the threat to the state's Chief Minister. According to the Inspector General of Police (Patna) Jitendra Rana, an email was sent to Meta to block the account used to upload the threat video and an FIR was also registered at the Cyber police station in Patna.
According to the police, they have sought details from Meta, about the Instagram account used to upload the video. As of now, the investigators know that the video was uploaded by a Pakistan-based gangster, identified as “Shahzad Bhatti”. The man reportedly threatened the Bihar CM of dire consequences, for his act of trying to remove the Hijab of the Muslim woman.
Asking the CM to apologise to the woman, Bhatti said in the video, "Everyone must have seen what happened in Bihar. That person still has time to apologise to that girl. Don't say later that a warning was not given."
According to the Bihar DGP Vinay Kumar, officials swung into action as soon as the video was discovered. This case was being handed over to the Patna IG for a thorough probe, he added.
Patna Cyber DSP Nitish Chandra Dharia said that they have identified the Instagram account used to upload the threatening video. He said that further investigations are on in the matter and promised strictest possible action in the case.
On December 15, a row erupted after CM Nitish Kumar tried to pull up the hijab of a woman during a government function. The CM was distributing appointment letters to newly recruited AYUSH doctors, when the incident happened.
The video showed Nitish Kumar handing over the appointment letter to Dr Nusrat Praveen and then trying to remove her hijab so that her face could be visible to the people present for the function, including the cameraperson. Defending the leader, the BJP claimed that the CM's act should be seen as "affection shown by a father towards a daughter."
However the act drew sharp criticism from the Opposition parties, like the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress. Nitish Kumar also faced flak from the common people soon after the video went viral.
However, the NDA continued to stand with Nitish Kumar. Firebrand BJP leader, Giriraj Singh said, "India is not an Islamic country and showing one's face is not objectionable." Dosen't one show one's face at the passport office or at the airport?, he added.
HAM(S) leader and Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi also defended the Bihar CM. He said that Nitish Kumar's intention was not bad and that he pulled the woman's veil out of "fatherly affection." He said that had he felt that the CM's intentions were not good, he too would have protested.
