WATCH| Hair Stylist Jawed Habib Spits On A Woman's Head During Workshop, NCW Asks UP Police To Probe

The video, which is doing the rounds on various social media platforms, is reportedly from a training seminar in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar.

Picture Courtesy: screengrab from the viral video

New Delhi: A viral video of Jawed Habib sparked controversy on Thursday in which the popular hair stylist was seen using his spit to style a woman's hair during a workshop.

The video, which is doing the rounds on various social media platforms, is reportedly from a training seminar in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar. It is not clear when the video was filmed. 

In it, a woman is seen sitting on the stage on a salon chair while Habib prepares to cut her hair while giving her hair tips. He says,"Baal gande hain. Kyun gande hain? Kyunki shampoo ka istemaal nahi hua hai (Hair are dirty. Why are they dirty? Because shampoo has not been used)."

He also adds that if there is scarcity of water then spit can be used, saying which he spits on the woman's head. He justifies his act by saying,"is thook mein jaan hai (this spit has life)."

Check out the viral video here:

Meanwhile, people present there could be heard laughing and clapping. However, the woman seemed disturbed by what had happened. After the video gained virality, the woman in the video came forward to recount her experience.

She said,"My name is Pooja Gupta. I run a parlour named Vanshika beauty parlour and am a resident of Baraut. Yesterday I attended a workshop of Jawed Habib sir. There he invited me on the stage to give me a haircut and he misbehaved. He said that if there is no water, you can spit. It would be better if I had gone to streetside barber and get a haircut, rather than going to Habib."

The National Commission for Women said that it has taken cognisance of the incident and its chairperson Rekha Sharma has wriiten to UP DGP to immediately investigate the veracity of the viral video and take appropriate action.

Jawed Habib is a celebrity hair stylist who owns a chain of salons in India.

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