NEW DELHI – An Indore-based model has alleged two men tried to pull herskirt and passed lewd remarks while she was driving a two-wheeler on a busyroad in the city.
Narrating her ordeal, she said two motorcycle-borne men molested her andshouted “dikhao skirt ke niche kya hai” (show us what’s underneath theskirt). Taking to Twitter, she said, “I tried to stop them and lost controland met with an accident. It happened on one of the busiest roads ofIndore, and nobody tried to stop them.”
The incident, she said, had left her “numb” and “speechless”.
“They ran away, and I couldn’t even see their number. I’ve never felt sohelpless. I’m not the kind of girl who will just sit and watch. Thosefiends ran away, and I couldn’t do anything. My friends took me to a nearbycafe and I tried my level best to let this incident go. Not because I’mweak, but for those thirty min, I wasn’t ready to deal with it. I was numb.I was speechless,” said the aggrieved model.
She further stated that she has never been so offended and insisted that itwas her right to wear what she wished.
“What I want to wear is my f***ing choice. Those guys don’t have any rightto harass me because WEARING A SKIRT DOESN’T GIVE YOU A RIGHT TO BEHAVELIKE THAT. An uncle who came to help me after my fall said, “it’s becauseyou’re wearing a skirt!” I’ve never been so offended. I decided to go liveon my Instagram and talk about it. Just imagine if I wasn’t on such a busyroad. Imagine I was on a lonely street,” she said.
She also said not talking about such incidents embolden “those guys whothink they can do anything and can get away with it” and added that shewould lodge a police complaint.
Reacting to the incident, DIG Indore said the police tried to contact thewoman and maintained that they have not received any complaint until now.“We are committed to taking serious action in regards to incidents of crimeagainst women,” he was quoted as saying by ANI.