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This is an archive article published on April 5, 2015

A text message for massage that rub a man the wrong way

Man from Assam files police case after SMS that offers services of ‘Pretty N Trained Indian/NortEast’ women.

massage service, north east, massage text, Indian and North East, delhi news, city news, delhi newsline, local newsA government employee, who received an unsolicited text message from a massage service, has taken such deep offence to its wording that he has filed a police complaint and wants the “culprits” held to account.

Sonit Kumar Goswami, who works for the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, got an SMS on April 2, in which “spa treatment and body massage” were offered by “Indian and North East” masseuse.

What Goswami has objected to most is the separate use of the terms “Indian” and “North East”.

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The SMS reads: “Body Massage@xxxxxx SPA Pretty N Traind Indian/NortEast female Take Packge n enjoy 4 spa in 5k, 10 in 10K luxry steam/JACUZZY room call xxxxxxxxxx sec7 Dwarka.”

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“I received this message on April 2 and I was concerned about the use of the terms ‘Indian’ and ‘North East’ separately. I am from Assam and this really affected me. So I decided to file a complaint with the police so that action could be taken against such people and that a message goes out that the Northeast is part of India and not a separate nation,” Goswami told Newsline.

The complaint, registered at Amar Colony police station on Friday, says, “I am a law-abiding citizen of India.This is a very simple and commercial message on first look. But being an Indian and from Guwahati (Assam, a part of North East which is in India), I have objection to the message.

“It says India…and North East are different. By putting that (/), the sender of the message clearly divides India…the message is a very serious offence affecting the unity of India.”

Goswami has also taken offence at the use of the words “Pretty and Traind”, which he finds “derogatory to the dignity of women”.
An officer at the police station confirmed that the complaint had been received and it could be converted into an FIR after investigation.

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