A Saudi religious policeman who stopped a young woman for walking with a man in an amusement park in Saudi Arabia received a rude shock — the woman repeatedly hit him, a British daily reported.
The policeman was from the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The incident took place in the Saudi Arabia’s eastern city of Hofuf Mubarraz. He asked the man and the woman, who was in her mid-20s, who they were and their relationship with one another, the Daily Mail reported on Wednesday.
This was too much for the man, who collapsed. Even before the policeman could react, the woman began hitting him. She punched him repeatedly on the head and upper torso. The policeman had to be taken to hospital after suffering severe bruises. Unmarried men and women are not allowed to mix under Saudi Arabia’s strict Islamic rules.
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White House owes us apology, say Salahis
Washington : Wannabe reality TV star couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, who infamously crashed US President Barack Obama’s first state dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, say it’s high time for an apology — from the White House.
The Salahis on Tuesday said they’ve been the target of pranks and death threats following the security scandal, in which the pair was admitted to the November event without an invitation and even managed to shake hands with Mr Obama and Dr Manmohan Singh.
“It would be nice if somebody apologised to us and for (the White House) to call it quits,” Tareq Salahi told Radar Online. “I would certainly not treat anyone this way that comes to my house,” he said. —IANS
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Indian girl, 4, locked in bus, dies
Dubai : In a tragic incident, a four-year old Indian girl died apparently of heat and asphyxiation after she was mistakenly left in a locked school bus for over four hours in Qatar.
The incident happened when the bus driver parked the vehicle and took the children to their school, failing to ensure that they all got off on reaching their destination. The victim identified as Sarah Gazdhar, a KG-1 student of Delhi Public School in Doha, apparently died of heat and asphyxiation after being left alone inside the bus, the Gulf Times daily said. Sarah, whose family hails from Jodhpur, had joined the school in April. —PTI