Kerala's watermelon protest pays off, case registered against college professor 

'You know, like how we slice a small part of a melon to see if it’s ripe? Just like that,'. These are the words Jauhar Munnavir said last week that created the massive uproar 
The watermelon protest in Kerala
The watermelon protest in Kerala

It was only last week that Jauhar Munnavir, a professor at Farook Training College in Kerala, garnered much hate and attention when he made the offensive remark, comparing women's breasts to 'sliced melons'. The comment created a massive uproar with students staging protests with watermelons. Days after that, the Koduvally police on Thursday evening registered a case against under IPC Sections 354A (punishment for sexual harassment) and section 509 (words, gestures or acts intended to insult the modesty of a woman). 

What Jauhar Munnavir said:  

"I am teacher of a college where 80% of the students are girls and the majority of them are Muslims. What is the situation there? They wear purdah, but they wear leggings too. And they hold their purdah a little higher in order to expose the leggings they are wearing. This is the new style," Jauhar said.

He continued: "Don't even talk about muftah. They don't wear muftah anymore, do they? Just wrap a shawl over the head, and it’s done. They tie it in such a way that their chest is not covered. A woman's bosom is one of the body parts that attracts a man. And so it should be covered. But our girls expose some part of their chest. You know, like how we slice a small part of a melon to see if it’s ripe? Just like that. They want to say that rest of their body is also like the exposed part."

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