Woman molested in full public view

But she kept her wits about, and managed to take the molester to a police station

But she kept her wits about, and managed to take the molester to a police station

In a shocking incident au00a036-year-old woman was molested in broad daylight by a local money lender. He not only outraged her modesty in full public view but also beat up an autorickshaw driver who tried to help the victim.


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The complainant Tabu (name changed) is married with two children. After her husband fell sick, a gang of local rowdies started troubling her. After they entered her residence without her knowledge, she reported the matter to the police, but to no avail. "When nothing could be done, I shifted my house and was safe for some time." she said.

The safety was soon shattered when the accused gang members traced her while she was returning from a clinic on Tuesday evening.

The horror
"My 5-year-old son was not well. After getting treatment, I was returning with my kids and a friend of mine in an autorickshaw. When we reached Ganganagar, Raghavendra, the accused, along with his seven friends stopped our vehicle and blocked our way with their bikes," Tabu recalled her horror.

They slapped the auto driver, and dragged me outside. Raghavendra kept saying Take me to your house or accompany me to mine. They kept using foul language," Tabu said. The whole drama happened at 4.30 pm, and even with a crowd watching, no one stepped forward to help. "I was worried about my children, so I asked them to go ahead with my friend and tried to reason with Raghavendra.

I told him that I shall take him to my house and hired another auto. Though he pressurised me to accompany him in his car, I tricked him and took him to the RT Nagar police station." Raghavendra was allegedly in a drunken state, molested and threatened her that he would take revenge soon. Tabu has requested the police seeking protection.

However, RT Nagar inspector Poovaiah termed the incident a feud over financial transaction. "The victim owed around Rs 10 lakh to the accused and they fought over the issue in public," he said.