One of the Worst days of my life
Hi, I hope you guys are living peacefully. I want to share what happened yesterday. It's going to be a long post.
A group of kids have been throwing rocks at each other for around 1 week in front of our house. Yesterday, when they were doing this, some rocks were thrown at our terrace grill door, which had glass in front of it. The glass broke so me and my brother and I went out to confront the kids. There were around 25. I grabbed one of them, and the rest of them ran away. Right then, my big brother slapped the kid in the face and in the back (spine) and let him go.
After 10 minutes, the kid's uncle(chacho ya taya) showed up with 20-30 people(teens and adults alike). The kid was with them, standing straight and pointing at my brother. They were ready to throw hands, but we tried to calm them down and explain what had happened and why. One of them picked a brick multiple times and pointed at us. They were showing the spots where we hit him, and they were more severe than we expected. We said if it's that severe, then we apologize, but you need to understand what kids were doing. In the meantime, my parents came out and tried to calm things down, and my father even touched that man's beard and said we apologise."
While it was happening, 2 guys from our neighbour's factory were coming back from Jummah, and they stood there. One of the people that came with the kid slapped one of them, and the rest started beating them. Instantly, my family pushed us inside the house and closed the door. By God Grace, my parents weren't hurt physically or abused in any way. People gathered and separated them. My parents one once again apologised and told them to let it and send them on their way.
Now, one thing that I haven't mentioned is that the kid that we slapped was a "Pithan," so were the other kids that were throwing rocks, and so were the people that came after.
After those people left, they came back with around 400 men, and I am not exaggerating the numbers. Then all hell broke loose. They started shouting, destroying our door, and cutting the lock in some way. The door is even bent from the middle due to the banging. We didn't go out this time. They were saying "mar jaye gy ya mar dein gy", "isko hum goli mar ky jaye gy". They broke into my neighbours factory and dragged 2 people out and beat the crap out of them. My neighbours tried to calm them down, but they beat one of their son as well. Then police came and my father explained them the situation and they took 2 of their men and us(me and my brother). They explained that if they don't take us in, then pithan will kill us.
Then we went to the station and put us in the cell, saying this is the safest place for you two. Got a lawyer and spent the night in the cell. In the morning, my mamu and the kid's actual father(the kid we slapped) got into an agreement. He said, "me razamandi ky liye tyar hon," and we were ready to aplogize as well. Then we went to court and got bailed.
Now i am finding out that the kids' father is the only one who wanted "razamandi." The kid's grandfather and his uncle want "badla" and revenge. Also when we went to police station. We saw the kid, and they were holding him in arms, saying he could not walk straight because his spine was broken, AND he had even more bruises. Now what I am hearing is what "pithan" is spreading that we dragged the kid in our house, beat him with rebars(steal rods), jumped on him, and broke his spine and arm. WHAT IN THE ACTUAL F***? Now, we are supposed to patch up with these people and then go to the station again to sign a proper treaty.
My brother now is so despressed and feeling guilty as to why it all happened. He is blaming himself for saying that he shouldn't have slapped the kid. I am worried about my family's safety cause we never know when these pithan come again to start the roit.
If you read this far, thank you. I don't know who else should I tell this. For 25 years, my whole life, we have kept us to ourselves. Most of the people in my areas dont know me, and those who do give an example of us brothers that this is how children should be raised(no smoking, not awara gardi, no bachi bazi) Today, we are being labelled as the brothers who broke a little kids' arm(in the pithan community only).
I don't wish any of this to fall upon anyone, not even on those pithans. Hope you guys have a great day! 👋
Edit: Hi, I just want to clarify a few things.
This is an actual incident that happened to me on friday. It's not a story. Dont know what i will gain from making this up.
We didn't hit the kid hard. My brother only hit him 2 times. One was on the face and one in the back. He is a teacher, and he knows the difference between a slap and beating the shit out of a kid. He didn't hit him harder, any more than a teacher hits his students. When those people came back, the kid was standing straight, and when i said the bruises were severe, i mean those can not be caused by a slap. They beat up their own kid badly. Then, when they arrived at the station, they were holding the kid in arms, saying he could not walk and he had even more bruises on body parts where we didn't even touch him. Meaning they further beat up the kid.
People are saying that we are in the wrong to slap the kid. I completely agree if we were living in a better area like gulberg, model town, bahria town, but this happened in Lahore/Shahdara, and if anyone knows that area, then they would understand. The Pithan community in my area has 10-15 children each man and that man has 10 brothers and sisters. I have seen these people selling their own child as well. They do not care about their children at all. Even if I have gone to their home and complained to his father, most likely, some uncle would come out and do nothing to stop the child, but instead, they would try to blame something on us either way. We only slapped him so the kid and other kids their dont come there again (they came from the other side of the road, not from our mohallah). But never going to slap anyone ever again in any scenario and avoid these kinds of scenarios at all costs.
Please do not take this as racism. When I am mentioning the pithan community, please understand i am mentioning only the ones in my area, not the whole world, pakistan, punjab, or lahore. I have visited kashmir a few times, and the pithans there were super nice and incredible people. I have met a couple of pithans in the office as well, and again, they are amazing, and some are my friends still. These kinds of communities can exist in any ethnicity, be it punjabi, balochi, siraiki, sindhi, etc. The point of mentioning these is just to be careful of these communities in your area who are illiterate. Don't hate them. Just try to avoid them as you never know what they can do. Again, i am referring to these kinds of communities that are illiterate, not pithans as a whole race.
Why i write "Pithan" instead of "Pathan"? I write it the same way I say it. "Pithan" cause it just sounds more respectful.
For now, no further communication has been done from their side other than that of court nor any movement from their side. Will update if anything worse happens. Please pray nothing like that happens and pray for that kid for recovery.🙏
Also, thank you so much for the support, prayers, suggestions, and pointing out our mistake. Our pakistani reddit community is great. Definitely going to get a gun license for future and change the house as well. LOVE YOU GUYS. Good night ❤️