Using saliva by Jawed Habib, instead of water, on the head of a woman while giving her a haircut angered the attendees of a seminar conducted by celebrity hairstylist. 

MUZAFFARNAGAR — An FIR has been registered against celebrity hairstylist Jawed Habib after a video went viral showing him spitting on a woman’s head while giving her a haircut.

The video is said to be from a training seminar in Muzaffarnagar district in which Habib could be seen spitting on a woman’s head in front of a crowd, saying that her hair is dry.

In the clip, the woman is seen sitting on a chair on a stage. While giving tips to the audience present at the event, Habib casually spits on the hair of the woman, saying “Agar paani ki kami hai na… iss thook mein jaan hai (If there is no water… There is life in this spit).”

People present there could be heard laughing and clapping.

The seminar was conducted by the hairstylist on January 3.

Following this, another video of the woman, Pooja Gupta, narrating the incident also went viral.

The woman explained her displeasure over the incident and said she would never get a haircut from Habib again.

The FIR was lodged at Mansurpur police station in Muzaffarnagar on a complaint filed by Gupta.

Habib has been booked under Section 355 (assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour person, otherwise than on grave provocation) of the Indian Penal Code and the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, the police said.

After the backlash and criticism from both the National Commission for Women  and social media users, Jawed Habib apologised for his action on his Instagram account. He said it was done with ‘humorous’ intent.