A video where a woman narrates violent details of domestic violence is viral on social media with a “love Jihad” angle. The message accompanying the video says that the woman used to follow Muslim men on Tik Tok and was trapped by seven such people on the app. She was “secular,” says the message.
एक और मोहतरमा लव जिहाद में गई। और इनको मारा पीटा गया पेसाब पिलाई गई। ये सेक्युलर थी। और बोलती थी ये बहुत अछे होते है।tik tok पर सभी मुस्लिमों को करती थी fallow वही से इन्हें फँसाया गया। 7 लड़कों ने…….
Posted by Harishchand Chauhan on Sunday, 18 August 2019
Recounting the terrifying ordeal, the woman can be heard saying that her husband came home one day when she was asleep and started beating her up. She said that her mother-in-law was also complicit in the crime. Later in the video, a different clip is played where a man records the woman crying. He says that she was made to drink urine, which was also poured on her face and hair. The man justifies the act by saying that women who are promiscuous after marriage deserve such treatment. On Twitter, this portion of the video has been shared by several users, along with a third clip where the woman can be seen getting treated for her injuries.
एक और #loveJihad #लवजिहाद सोशल मीडिया से#बधाई हो😡😡
एक और मोहतरमा लव जिहाद में गई। और इनको मारा पीटा गया पेसाब पिलाई गई। ये सेक्युलर थी और बोलती थी ये बहुत अछे होते है tik tok पर सभी मुस्लिमों को करती थी follow वही से इन्हें फँसाया गया। 7 लड़कों ने.
pic.twitter.com/JAehQhZDvm— 🔺ηαir𝕒 t𝔸gⓞ𝐫έ 🐼 (@NairaTagore) August 18, 2019
The video is massively viral on both Facebook and Twitter with the same claim – “एक और मोहतरमा लव जिहाद में गई। और इनको मारा पीटा गया पेसाब पिलाई गई। ये सेक्युलर थी। और बोलती थी ये बहुत अछे होते है।tik tok पर सभी मुस्लिमों को करती थी fallow वही से इन्हें फँसाया गया। 7 लड़कों ने.”
Video from Pakistan
The video was first posted by Pakistani journalist Iqrar ul Hassan on August 13. According to his tweet, the woman is an Italian-Pakistani.
معافی چاہتا ہوں کہ یہ ویڈیو اس حالت میں آپ تک پہنچائے بغیر اس پاکستانی نژاد اطالوی لڑکی کے شوہر کی بربریت کا اندازہ نہیں ہو سکتا تھا، اس بدبخت کی اس سے بھیانک ویڈیوز موجود ہیں۔ لڑکی کے مطابق اس کے بااثر شوہر کا نام علی جابر موتی ہے تاہم میں لڑکی کی شناخت دانستاََ چھپا رہا ہوں۔ pic.twitter.com/jtzvB6Bjli
— Iqrar ul Hassan Syed (@iqrarulhassan) August 12, 2019
That same day, Hassan tweeted a copy of an FIR lodged in Darakhshan police station in Karachi against the woman’s husband, Ali Jabir Moti.
حیرت کے کچھ لوگ اس حیوانیت پر بھی اگر مگر کر رہے ہیں، بہر حال علی جابر موتی کے خلاف کراچی کے تھانے درخشاں میں مقدمہ درج کر لیا گیا ہے۔ اور جن لوگوں کے خیال میں یہ ویڈیو اَپ لوڈ نہیں کی جانی چاہئے تھی، کاش وہ جان سکتے ملزم کون ہے اور کتنا بااثر ہے https://t.co/30rxuvQ6xH pic.twitter.com/EZJRbsgV1T
— Iqrar ul Hassan Syed (@iqrarulhassan) August 13, 2019
The Italian consulate in Karachi took cognisance of the matter and its ambassador tweeted that the woman has been rescued and united with her mother. The abusive husband is at large but the mother-in-law has been arrested.
Update from @ItalyinKarachi. FIR lodged, husband on the run and will be soon arrested, mother in law jailed on other charges as well. The abused lady is safe with her mother. @ItalyinKarachi in contact with her. @SpSuhai on the case. Hats off to Karachi police!!!🏆🔝 @ItalyMFA https://t.co/VgKtdxDdGO
— Stefano Pontecorvo (@pontecorvoste) August 13, 2019
Soon after the incident was widespread on social media, it was claimed that the abusive husband is the son of terrorist and mobster Dawood Ibrahim’s aide, Jabir Moti. Pakistani politician Irum Azeem Farooque tweeted the same.
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Ali Jabir is son of Jabir Moti who is already in Jail in UK and wanted by FBI for Drug Smuggling and Money LaunderingAli Jabir tortured his wife and His mother was also equally involved and made a video to shame her,this kind of extreme violence on Woman is not acceptable pic.twitter.com/RdOTlqaNVV
— Irum Azeem Farooque (@Irumf) August 17, 2019
Thus, an incident where an Italian-Pakistani woman was abused by her husband in Karachi is viral on Indian social media ecosystem. The false claim suggests that the woman married a Muslim man whom she found on Tik Tok.
