Video of hair stylist Jawed Habib spitting on woman's hair goes viral

A video of celebrity hair stylist Jawed Habib spitting to style a woman's hair during a workshop has gone viral on Twitter. The viral video besides inviting sharp criticism has also caught the attention of the National Commission for Women.

The NCW on Thursday said it has taken cognisance of the incident and Chairperson Rekha Sharma has written to UP DGP to immediately investigate the veracity of the viral video and take appropriate action.

"@NCWIndia has taken cognizance of the incident. Chairperson @sharmarekha has written to @dgpup to immediately investigate the veracity of this viral video and take appropriate action. The action taken must be apprised to the Commission at the earliest," NCW said in a tweet.

The workshop took place in Uttar Pradesh's Muzzaffarnagar.

The authenticity of the video was not verified yet.

In the vial video, Jawed Habib can be seen using his saliva as he was parting the hair of the woman and said, 'If you don't have water...this spit has life."

Another video of the woman has also surfaced on social media that saw her recounting her experience. In that video, she identified herself as Pooja Gupta, an owner of a beauty parlour. "Yesterday I attended a workshop of Jawed Habib sir. There he invited me on the stage to give me a haircut and he misbehaved with me. He said if there is no water in your parlour, you can use spit. I did not get my haircut. It's better I will go to my streetside barber and get a haircut, but won't go to Habib's," she said.

In an interview to TV channels, the woman said, "I attended the workshop to learn something. But he was not answering my questions. Then he called me to the stage to teach hair cutting. He pushed my head, I objected and said I have cervical issues. Then he spat twice on my hair and said that if you don't have water in your parlour then you can spit. My husband was making the video. After I came down from the stage, Habib's assistant said he was just joking."

Jawed Habib is a renowned hairstylist and runs the largest retail chain of hair salons in the country - Jawed Habib Hair and Beauty Ltd.