Thiruvananthapuram: Fighting the odds and harshness of what brutal life throws at you, this 21-year-old college student was brutally and humiliated on social media for selling fish in order to survive.
Just a day after this young lady Ms. Hanan Hameed was trolled for a publicity stunt, the Kochi Police filed registered a complaint against her troller identified as Noorudheen Sheik under various sections of IT Act, Indian Express reported.
Ms. Hanan, a third-year graduation student rose to fame after a Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi ran published a report about her struggle to survive and earn a living.
She has to look after her divorced mother and a younger brother and continue her studies as well. According to the reports, this resident of Madavana in Kerala’s Kochi, goes to the fish early in the morning to fetch fishes which she keeps at a friend’s house. Then she has to take the bus at sharp 7.30 am to her college located at 60 kms from her house at Thodupuzha. She sells her fishes after college hours at Kochi along with this she has also tried her luck as a junior artiste in films.
Supporting Ms. Hanan for her struggle and hardships, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said he feels proud of her for her struggles amid adverse situations. He advised her not to lose her confidence and will amidst the trolling on social media against her.
Film director Arun Gopi too lend his support to the young lady and announced a role for Hanan in his upcoming project. And this has changed the people’s opinion about the lady and many started doubting that this fish-selling story was nothing but a part of promotional event for the film not relaxing that is actually a true story of a girl.
And then people trolled Hanan who was forced to prove her reality, and if that was not enough people on social media also targeted her for not wearing head scarf being a Muslim.