New Delhi: Renowned artist M F Husain is in the news again, this time too for all the wrong reasons. In a case related to his alleged obscene depiction of Hindu goddesses in paintings, a court has ordered Mumbai police to attach Husain’s properties.
A court in Haridwar declared Husain a ‘proclaimed offender’ for repeatedly ignoring the legal summons and not appearing in the case.
On Sunday, the Mumbai Police pasted a notice on the door of his flat at Jolly Makers-III building in Cuffe Parade. However, the painter’s family refused to comment on police action initiating attachment of his property. The family termed the episode as "media rubbish" and said "for details, the family lawyer in India can be contacted".
The artist had faced a scathing attack from Hindu fundamentalists for his semi nude paintings of 'Bharatmata' and 'Krishna' that were found to be “offending” and in bad taste to the religious sensibilities.
A lawyer, Arvind Srivastava, had filed a petition against him in 2005 and said that the paintings were semi-nude and had hurt religious sentiments of Hindus.
Husain, who is in Dubai for the past one year, is currently away on a personal work to Qatar. The artist, shuttling between Dubai and London, continues to stay away from India reportedly due to fears that he may be arrested in connection with the case.
Hussain, one of the highest-paid painters in the world, is a recipient of India's civilian awards Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan. He has also made feature films, like Through the Eyes of a Painter and Gajagamini, the former winning the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Hussain has also written lyrics for two songs for the film Meenaxi.
With inputs from PTI
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