Bhopal,September 21, 2022 : The prisoners have said that a Rajgarh district jail officer abused and forced them to shave their beards, in Indian state Madhya Pradesh .
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that it was an act of custodial torture. The five Muslims - Kalim Khan, Talib Khan, Arif Khan, Salman Khan alias Bhola and Wahid Khan - were sent to the district jail on September 13 after being arrested by police on fake cases and were released on September 15.
The Bhopal Congress MLA Arif Masood along with the five men met MP Home Minister Narottam Mishra has accused the jail authorities of forcing the five men to shave their beards and demanded action against the jail authorities.
He said that these men were also abused in the jail.
Meanwhile, AIMIM chief Owaisi in a video shared on his Twitter handle said it was an act of “custodial torture”.
He said those men could have been given bail in the police station itself but were sent to jail.
He asked "why men with beard are termed as Pakistanis".
"Can this be done with BJP people with beard?" he sought to know. agencies