Indian woman assaulted over ‘wearing short dress, roaming with men’
Maharashtra police have arrested two suspects while raids are being conducted to round up rest of the accused
Maharashtra police have arrested two suspects while raids are being conducted to arrest rest of the accused. PHOTO: PTI
In a shocking incident of moral policing in India’s Maharashtra state earlier this month, a woman was dragged out of a car by a group of men and thrashed for wearing a short dress and travelling around with men.
The incident occurred as the woman was returning from a singing rehearsal for her friend’s wedding in Pune city of Maharashtra on May 1, according to The Asian Age.
“At 5:30am, while we were passing by the Lullanagar main signal, a car started driving parallel to ours. A man rolled down the tinted window glass of his vehicle and peeped into our car,” the Indian newspaper quoted the victim as saying.
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The gang members began hurling abuses at her while issuing threats to her friends as they chased the vehicle down all the way home. However, as one of her male friends tried to intervene one of the men thrashed him while another dragged the woman out of the car and assaulted her.
“How can you wear such a short dress and roam with two men at such a time? In Pune, this is not allowed,” the men told the 22-year-old woman.
The suspects allegedly threatened the girl, saying they were influential.
“They gave me their names and numbers. They know my address too, they said. They all seemed drunk. They left, only to return five minutes later, with 10 to 15 men brandishing rods and sticks, threatening us,” said the woman.
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Following the incident the victims tried to call the local police for help but received no response on the emergency services helpline. The police arrived at the scene an hour later and registered a case into the incident.
Later, the police managed to arrest two suspected attackers while raids are being carried out to round up the rest of the accused.
This article originally appeared on The Asian Age.
The incident occurred as the woman was returning from a singing rehearsal for her friend’s wedding in Pune city of Maharashtra on May 1, according to The Asian Age.
“At 5:30am, while we were passing by the Lullanagar main signal, a car started driving parallel to ours. A man rolled down the tinted window glass of his vehicle and peeped into our car,” the Indian newspaper quoted the victim as saying.
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The gang members began hurling abuses at her while issuing threats to her friends as they chased the vehicle down all the way home. However, as one of her male friends tried to intervene one of the men thrashed him while another dragged the woman out of the car and assaulted her.
“How can you wear such a short dress and roam with two men at such a time? In Pune, this is not allowed,” the men told the 22-year-old woman.
The suspects allegedly threatened the girl, saying they were influential.
“They gave me their names and numbers. They know my address too, they said. They all seemed drunk. They left, only to return five minutes later, with 10 to 15 men brandishing rods and sticks, threatening us,” said the woman.
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Following the incident the victims tried to call the local police for help but received no response on the emergency services helpline. The police arrived at the scene an hour later and registered a case into the incident.
Later, the police managed to arrest two suspected attackers while raids are being carried out to round up the rest of the accused.
This article originally appeared on The Asian Age.