In the latest case of people being arrested for posting content on Facebook, actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's brother, Ayazuddin, has been booked for an 'objectionable' post on Facebook.
Denying the allegations, Ayazuddin told ANI that he noticed the objectionable picture of "shiv ji maharaj" on his page and then posted a comment saying images that hurt people's sentiments should not be posted. However, he was booked by the cops and not the actual person who shared the image.
The FIR against Ayazuddin has been filed by Bharat Thakur who, according to NDTV, is an activist with the Hindu Yuva Vahini wing of Muzaffarnagar. The police, who registered the case under section 153A of the IPC, are currently investigating the source device from which the picture was posted.
"The FIR was registered on the complaint given to us. I saw the post and all Ayazuddin had done was posted a sensible comment on a post that was against a religious community. However he posted the comment with an objectionable photo and that came into the notice of the complainants," The Indian Express quoted Budhana circle officer (CO), Hari Ram Yadav, as saying.
In the past, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his brother were stopped from participating in the Ramlila in 2016 by Shiv Sena members. Ironically, Siddiqui will be soon seen playing Sena supremo Bal Thackeray in his official biopic, directed by Sanjay Raut.
Male Child Abuse Survivors
Praveen Minj(01 of05)
Open Image Modal"I never really understood it then, but now when I look back at my life I understand how much I really suffered. Sadly, more than the abuse, it was the how the trauma of it changed me as a person.
As a male child I was always expected to be strong. My mother’s suffering in her life, forced me to hide my own pain and take the onus of healing, upon myself. Eventually, this kept on adding to my baggage of constant self-victimizing , self criticism, self-doubt, and self-disbelief." (credit:Photographer Deepti Asthana/Courtesy The Hands of Hope Foundation)
Abhhydday Paathak(02 of05)
Open Image Modal"Sometimes the very wounds that cripple us hold the key to our healing. So here I am, breaking the silence.
In the attic of my childhood, I lost the child within me. I was 5 when my fairy tale turned into a nightmare. Like the caged, mute animals, digging canals to escape the predator, I too found myself, dodging the predator who terrorized my body and soul almost every day. Ironically, he was an officer charged with the responsibility to safeguard me. I know rationally that none of it was my fault. But, the threats then didn’t allow me to see otherwise." (credit:Photographer Deepti Asthana/Courtesy The Hands of Hope Foundation)
Mohammed Ali(03 of05)
Open Image ModalAli was 9 years old when he was first sexually abused at a railway station in Mumbai. His abusers were not one but many--older boys, cops, drug addicts, whoever got hold of him. (credit:Photographer Deepti Asthana/Courtesy The Hands of Hope Foundation)
Rajeev Pandey(04 of05)
Open Image Modal"I was taken to a dark empty room in the huge family house. He told me the medicine he had would only work if I kept it a secret. He then pulled down my pants, and abused me. It hurt me no end, but I bravely bore it. After all, I was on my way to becoming like my father.
The abuse continued. So did the pain." (credit:Photographer Deepti Asthana/Courtesy The Hands of Hope Foundation)
Roshan Kokane(05 of05)
Open Image Modal"I was 10-years-old when I was sexually abused for the first time. I was napping in the noon on my bed after a tiring day at school and suddenly opened my eyes to the sensation of someone trying to physically hurt me. I was scared, shocked and I didn’t move a bit. Fear and confusion gripped me that afternoon.
The abuser was unfortunately someone from my family. Every time I was alone, they would touch me in the most inappropriate ways and force me to do the same with them. They would do it as frequent as one or twice a week." (credit:Photographer Deepti Asthana/Courtesy The Hands of Hope Foundation)