MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor is facing trolls for standing up for eight-year-old Asifa Bano who was raped and murdered in India-occupied Kashmir.
The actress posed for a picture holding a placard which demanded justice for Asifa.
#KareenaKapoorKhan #IndiaAgainstRape #JusticeForOurChild #JusticeforAsifa #JusticeForUnnao pic.twitter.com/NEqPsArNC6
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) April 14, 2018
The picture was posted by Kareena’s co-star Swara Bhasker on Twitter which went viral on social media in record time.
While many Twitter followers praised the actress for standing up for such a noble cause, a user criticized the actress that she should be ashamed for marrying a Muslim and naming her son Taimur who shares the name with a Turco-Mongol conqueror.
“She should be ashamed of the fact that despite being a Hindu is married to a Muslim. Has a child with him and named him Taimur, after a brutal Islamic barbarian,” he wrote.
She should be ashmed of the fact that despite being a Hindu is married to a Muslim. Has a child with him and named him Taimur, after a brutal Islamic barbarian.
— Harshwardhan (@W_harsh_) April 14, 2018
However, Bhasker did not hold back and instantly slammed the troll by saying that he is a “shame on India and Hindus”.
“You should be ashamed you exist. That God gave you a brain which you chose to fill with hate and a mouth you chose to spew filth from. You are a shame on India and Hindus. That sh**s like you feel emboldened to talk this crap publicly is this government’s legacy,” she wrote.
You should be ashamed you exist. That God gave you a brain which you chose to fill with hate and a mouth you chose to spew filth from. You are a shame on India and Hindus. That shits like you feel emboldened to talk this crap publicly is this govt.’s legacy 🙏🏿 https://t.co/nmR5WIngBd
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) April 14, 2018
Other Bollywood actors have also stood up for Asifa.
I am Hindustan. I am Ashamed. #JusticeForOurChild
8 years old. Gangraped. Murdered.
In ‘Devi’-sthaan temple. #Kathua pic.twitter.com/8SIR9hYswI— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) April 13, 2018
Yet again we’ve failed as a society. Can’t think straight as more chilling details on little Asifa’s case emerge…her innocent face refuses to leave me. Justice must be served, hard and fast! https://t.co/xrW5RVffLe
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) April 12, 2018
It’s moments like this when a clear choice must be made.
We can come together as a people to protect the lives and rights of our women & children
OR
We can allow people to put personal agendas above law & humanity
What kind of nation do We want to be? #Justice #Kathua #Unnao— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) April 13, 2018
