Acid-attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal took a stand against Faizal Siddiqui's video. She thanked the National Commission of Women (NCW) for taking actions against removal of Mr. Faizu's TikTok account. However, Deepika Padukone, who portrayed Laxmi on screen in her last movie 'Chhapaak', is still silent on the issue.
While Deepika is yet to take a stand on the matter (if she ever does), Laxmi called out Faizal Siddiqui on her Instagram account. She called the video a 'cringe activity' and 'promoting crime' and supported ban of the video and his TikTok account.
"Thanks to National Commission for Women for taking cognizane of the viral video by TikTok ‘influencer’ Faizal Siddiqui promoting acid attack.Such videos/actions should be strictly debarred which are against the society. We are working day and night to stop the acid attacks , violence against women. This cringe activity is not called influencing but promoting crime. Such persons are curse to our society. So it is important to ban such videos and accounts from the social media. Come forward-we urge you to stop acid violence-Stop Sale Acid," wrote Laxmi.
More so, Laxmi also called out the platform, which muted the voice on her video. "wah (angry face) tik tok ne meri awaj hi band kar diya, sahi baat ke liye jab awaj uthai jati hai to awaj hi band kar di jati hai, mere pass Anthony ne ye video bheja save thaa unake phone me wahh tik tok isah liye crime badh rahe hai sahi chizo par baat karna hi mushkil kar diya jata hai," shared the acid-attack survivor.
Here are the videos:
The TikTok video portrays Faizal Siddiqui, brother of Amir Siddiqui, splash (water interpreted as acid) on the girl's face. National Commission for Women (NCW) tweeted, "@NCWIndia have contacted Tik-Tok India @TikTok_IN to remove the video & delete the account of #FaizalSiddiqui that instigate committing violence against women."
The letter also read as, "The Commission is seriously concerned about the increase in crimes against women. The video not only seems to promote violence against women but shows the patriarchal mindset which would send a very wrong message to the society."
Meanwhile Faizal Siddiqui released a statement which stated that he was drinking water, the professional make-up artist has worked with him in various videos, the matter has been brought to light owing to the rise in YouTube vs TikTok debate and his intentions were not to hurt anybody.
