JEDDAH: A member of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice barged into a women’s professional training center in Al-Sultana district of Madinah, chasing after a young woman who went into the center to escape the pursuing man.
According to police, the commission member saw the woman in a car with a young man. The man was arrested on khulwa (illegal seclusion) charges, but the woman fled into the center, hoping the commission member would not pursue her.
Eyewitnesses said the commission member pushed his way into the center, grabbed the woman by her hair and dragged her out. “The women were horrified,” said an eyewitness who did not want to be identified. “We called the police.”
Muhsin Al-Radadi, Madinah police spokesman, said the owner of the women’s center has filed a complaint against the commission with the police. The commission has responded with a complaint against the center, said Al-Radadi.
The center’s owner said she would take necessary action to “protect our rights.”
A source at the local precinct for the commission said a report would be released after an inquiry into the incident.
