In a changing India, women are refusing to ignore eve teasing and harassment. Many are challenging their harassers, forcing police action against them. Gone are the days when men could get away easily by teasing women or making obscene gestures at them.
Rediff.com brings you some recent cases where women have said enough is enough and gone after the culprit with vengeance.
New Delhi
Annoyed by the lewd comments being passed at her, Delhi woman Jasleen Kaur decided to take a stand against perpetrator Sarabjeet Singh.
Sarabjeet allegedly verbally abused Jasleen and passed lewd comments when confronted at a traffic signal.
Jasleen said she was trying to cross the road when she came in front of the bike. “When pointed at the red signal and said he should stop, he started making obscene remarks,” Jasleen said.
When Jasleen confronted him and told him that she would file a complaint, the man posed for the picture saying, “Jo kar sakti hai kar le. Complaint karke dikha, fir dekhiyo kya karta hun main (Do whatever you want to. Just wait and watch what I would do to you if you complain against me).”
Jasleen just did that and filed a police complaint. A day after the incident he was arrested.
Mumbai
Fed up of being stalked by a man for more than a month, a 38-year-old German national, a south Mumbai resident, laid a trap to get the stalker, Sadique Khan, arrested.
The Gamdevi police nabbed the 28-year-old married man for stalking her.
The accused, who is studying to appear for the civil services exams, was produced before a court and granted bail of Rs 7,500.
Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
Mumbai
An American woman who had gone for a stroll near the Gateway of India in Mumbai was shocked to see a man masturbating in front of her.
She clicked the offender’s picture and uploaded it on social media, which led to his arrest within 24 hours.
Photograph: Maryanna Abdo/Twitter
Agra
Allegedly teased by a gunner of a local Samajwadi Party leader at a traffic signal, Sadhvi Pandey decided not to take it lying down and jumped atop the leader’s Mercedes and smashed the windshield after tearing off the party flag on the bonnet.
Apparently, when the car of Samajwadi Party leader, Abhinav Sharma was passing from nearby, the bodyguards of the leader winked and made obscene gesture at the girls.
The two-minute video of the woman’s act took social media by storm, with most people sharing the links online.
Pilibhit
A teenage girl thrashed a youth inside a police station in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh and made him apologise for allegedly eve-teasing, the video of which went viral on social networking sites
Angry over the alleged eve-teasing, the girl stopped the culprit Ankit Rajput’s motorcycle by blocking the way with her bicycle in front of Puranpur police station and dragged him inside the premises.
The girl slapped the youth and beat him up with her shoes and made him touch her feet seeking apology in front of police personnel.
