Indian cleric arrested for slapping woman during live TV show

Indian cleric arrested for slapping woman during live TV show

*NEW DELHI: A disturbing moment was witnessed during a live TV debate on an Indian channel when a cleric and a woman lawyer indulged in fist-fight and brawl while arguing with each other.*

A video of the cleric counter attacking a woman lawyer and human rights activist on live TV while debating triple talaq and Muslim women’s rights has gone viral on the Internet.

The video shows Mufti Ejaz Arshad Qasmi getting into a heated verbal debate with Farah Faiz the channel, as people around them get up to intervene.

Faiz, who was advocating against triple talaq, slapped Qasmi first, following which he assaulted her. Following a complaint filed by the media house, Qasmi was arrested.