Residents want lusty faith healer stoned to death

A fake faith healer, whose videos recently went viral on social media, allegedly abuses women on the pretext of selling them amulets in northwestern Faryab province.
Mullah Rassoul’s fishy business has also sparked anger among members of the Faryab Ulema Council, provincial council and the general public, who have furiously reacted to the illegal practice.
Immoral videos posted on social media show the amulet seller sexually abusing gullible women, who are ostensibly duped into satisfying the man’s lusty desires.
Mullah Ghulam Nabi Ghafoori, deputy head of the ulema body, told Pajhwok Afghan News the cheater had made immoral videos to blackmail unsuspecting women and earn money.
He accused Rassoul of doing similar things in Mazar-i-Sharif and Turkey, violating the women’s dignity. The so-called faith healer has brought the videos to Faryab, from where he blackmails families into paying him lots of money.
“Today, a government official told me that Rassoul has deposited one and a half million Afghanis in a Turkish bank. He amassed the money from a family, whose women were sexually abused by the amulet seller,” he claimed.
Rassoul should be arrested and stoned to death, demanded Ghafoori, who has shared the issue with Ulema Council, elders, the provincial spymaster and the governor. However, he regretted, no action had been taken yet against the imposter.
The man is currently enjoying safety in an area of Pashtunkot district controlled by ALP Commander Azim, he said, adding the NDS had refused to arrest the man who is fighting against the rebels.
He warned if stern action was not taken against Rassoul, the people of Faryab would stop supporting the government.
Sibghatullah Selab, deputy chairman of the provincial council, said the videos were four years old. The man’s real name is Rassoul Landai, who had earlier fled to Turkey after his activities were exposed.
However, he returned to the country and lost his cell-phone that contained immoral videos of innocent women.
The governor, along with several security officials, visited Pashtunkot to arrest Rassoul, but he had gone into hiding, the public representative explained.
Security organs called on Afghan Local Police (ALP) Commander Azim to immediately arrest the amulet seller and hand him over to judicial organs.
Meanwhile, residents of Faryab asked the government to arrest the cheater at the earliest possible and thereby put a stop to the humiliation of women.
Mohammad Azim, an ALP commander, said Rassoul — along with his father Naeem Charek — were residents of the district. Later on, they went to Turkey and returned after two months and joined public uprising forces against the Taliban.
He learnt of Rassoul’s immoral activities via Facebook. “Yesterday, I tried to arrest and bring to justice, but he managed to escape to an unknown place.”