On 21 September, three women were allegedly harassed by a some men at a high-end pub in South Delhi’s GK 2 market. The incident happened around 10.30 in the night when the women were out for dinner.
One of the women opened up about the incident on Facebook, calling it a “verbal rape”:
“Two men sat behind our table and one of them rested his arm on my chair. I moved my chair as his arm was very close to her (the woman’s friend) head. At doing this, the other man sitting with him pushed my chair very aggressively, to which I went flying ahead.”One of the women opened up about the incident on Facebook
The women claimed that the situation soon blew up because of the men’s rowdy behavior.
“We got up immediately to correct him, as to why and how could he push someone’s chair? To which started yelling on top of his voice. He turned around said a couple of things back and forth and the most obscene and obnoxious thing by spreading his legs and sitting inappropriately on the chair, pointing to his male part, said the following: ‘come and B*** me, f*** you’. And soon after, he lifted his right leg and put it up towards my face and and stated ‘Lick my foot, you look like my maid and you all are south Delhi aunties’. This incident shook us immensely, to which the manager sent them to the first floor of the restaurant to calm him down.”One of the women opened up about the incident on Facebook
The women also went on to speak about how no man came forward to help them.
“Not one man had the balls to get up and even ask us as to what happened, they all sat calmly and watched the show, except for 2 girls next to our table who supported us. And we call ourselves an educated city!!! [sic]”One of the women opened up about the incident on Facebook.
Following this incident, the women went to the nearest police station and filed an FIR.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Atul Kumar Thakur, an FIR has now been filed under sections of molestation, 354 IPC against the accused. The cops are assessing the CCTV footage to ascertain the identity of the main accused.
“Would the Indian women leave and run home post the incident or have the strength to Stand up!!! It was nothing but Verbal Rape!”One of the women opened up about the incident on Facebook.
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