A video showing a man from Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, beating his parents in broad daylight on the streets and allegedly preventing them from entering his residence is now widely being circulated online. While the reason behind the man’s action is unknown, he has been booked after the recent incident of assaulting his ailing parents went viral on social media and made netizens demand strict action.
An FIR has been filed against the man identified as Mohammad Ashraf Wani, son of Taja Begum and Ghulam Ahmad Wani.
The video records the altercation between the son and his parents. He is seen getting off his bike to assault them. He takes his footwear and thrash his parents brutally as they stand they with luggage in their hands. He also kicks his father during the fight.
The elderly couple try to protect themselves from the attack, visibly taken aback by the son’s actions.
The incident in Srinagar, captured in this viral video, is a tragic reflection of how far we have fallen. A son mercilessly beating his parents serves as a stark reminder that Qayamat may not be far. Our faith teaches us that a father is the gateway to Jannah, and 1/2 pic.twitter.com/S7nImyg5kM
— Pirzada Shakir (@pzshakir6) September 7, 2024
Investigation is underway to understand why the fight broke out and why the son denied his parents entry to his home. On Saturday, Taja approached the police for help and filed a complaint against her son, drawing the attention of the authorities towards their plight.
Accused son booked
In this regard, the local media has reported that taking cognizance of the mother’s complaint, the police booked the accused under various sections of Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), including section 74 (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), Section 126(2) (wrongful restraint as the act of voluntarily preventing someone from moving in any direction they are legally permitted to go) and section 351(2) (criminal intimidation). A formal case has also been registered at the Nowgam police station.
(The article is published under a mutual content partnership arrangement between The Free Press Journal and Connected to India)
