I am a student who has been living in my flat on rent for 5 years now. I had been earlier studying at Jamia University which is why I chose to move in here as it was accessible. I live in Johri Farm, Noor Nagar Extension, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi 110025.
My friends, have always been visiting me since I moved in here. I do not, and will not make a distinction on the basis of their s*x. Whether they are male, or female, does not matter.
I have the right to have a friend over. I am doing NOTHING illegal. But this year, a few months ago, I was threatened and harassed, that if females didn't stop visiting my place, I would be thrown out or beaten up. My friends visited me day before yesterday, and they stayed over till yesterday. A guy and a girl. I've known them for all 5 years now.
My parents know my friends visit and stay over. The hour does not matter at all.
The neighbours claim, that if a girl is at my place at 2 past midnight, that is wrong, and if she is at my place at 2 in the afternoon, that's not wrong. This mentality sickens me to the core. Have your mentality, but dont impose it on others!
They threatened to call the police. So I said, I'd call them myself as I have done nothing wrong. So i called them, and they arrived. The neighbours wanted them to open my apartment up so they could have a look around. So the police asked me to. I said I will not do that without a warrant. The policeman told me, that a warrant is unnecessary when there's a complaint already from my neighbors. They said the same things and left. Threatening that it would get escalated and things would get bad for me, so I should just agree that I will have no female visitors over and go home. I had no choice then other than to agree.
My landlord has told me clearly that who visits and who does not is my business. My parents know of my friends visiting and staying over. I am not answerable to anyone else, am I?
But I wouldn't want this to go big, but I want this fixed. I dont want to move out to another place because that would be just accepting defeat and not fixing something that needs to be fixed. My landlord wouldnt want to get busy in this mess either. He is supportive as long as he doesnt need to do much. He is a lawyer at Patiala House Court even, but he wouldnt help me, I know that much. So I ask you, what should I do?
(This isn't a registered society or anything, just a neighbourhood.)
I came from Saudi Arabia in 2005 to study here. I saw the place. And I love this place, it's my country. And I see the bad. But I dont want to run away from the bad. I want to make it good, fix it. I do not believe in running away to a place that's better. I want to make this place I live in better. I could move, and it'd be easy. Not much of a problem at all for me. But that would be totally against the cause. Please guide me as to what I should do and how I should go about doing it. I am sorry if my concern seems petty, which it might be, but it is nonetheless, a genuine concern.
Thank you for your time and effort,
Abdullah Usman Khan.