TV anchor molested as crowd 'cheers' on
Published: 2013 July 24 22:37:18 (6567 Views)
A Mumbai-based TV anchor visiting Kolkata on Monday was molested near Howrah station as a crowd gathered and cheered.
She managed to fight back and whacked the molester with her shoes, ripping off a part of his left ear.
The 32-year-old, who spent her childhood in Kolkata, told TOI that she would not let her city be hijacked by a bunch of sexual predators.
She was shocked that the onlookers did not help her and, in fact, started shoving her and her 72-year-old father when she resisted the attacker.
"I cannot imagine that Kolkata has become so heartless. All of us have to stand up to reclaim the city. Kolkata is ours," she said.
The Howrah attack came just two days after a lady was molested on a train and had to jump off at Belur station to save herself.
The anchor, who works for one of the biggest global music channels, and her father arrived from Mumbai on Monday morning to visit a relative.
The attacker was later identified as Ratan Kumar Sau, 36, a local fish trader. To their horror, a crowd gathered within seconds and started cheering Ratan on.
Emboldened, Ratan slapped the anchor's friend so hard that she collapsed on the road. He then turned on the other woman — only to get punched in the face.
The anchor took off her shoes and started hitting him on the head. Taken aback, Ratan asked for help from the crowd, who joined him in shoving the two women.
Finally, 20 minutes into the ordeal, she saw two policemen "walking towards them". Ratan and his aides ran away.
Ratan was arrested and charged with molestation, assault and intimidation but he got out on bail on Tuesday.
Howrah DC-headquarters Nishat Pervez said the main accused had been arrested and police were looking for his accomplices.
"It was a horrible experience but this is not how I want to remember Kolkata," she said. "It's shocking that even the gateway to Kolkata (Howrah station) is not safe. Not a single person came forward to save us from these goons. I was terrified. Something much worse could have happened."
- TOI
She managed to fight back and whacked the molester with her shoes, ripping off a part of his left ear.
The 32-year-old, who spent her childhood in Kolkata, told TOI that she would not let her city be hijacked by a bunch of sexual predators.
She was shocked that the onlookers did not help her and, in fact, started shoving her and her 72-year-old father when she resisted the attacker.
"I cannot imagine that Kolkata has become so heartless. All of us have to stand up to reclaim the city. Kolkata is ours," she said.
The Howrah attack came just two days after a lady was molested on a train and had to jump off at Belur station to save herself.
The anchor, who works for one of the biggest global music channels, and her father arrived from Mumbai on Monday morning to visit a relative.
The attacker was later identified as Ratan Kumar Sau, 36, a local fish trader. To their horror, a crowd gathered within seconds and started cheering Ratan on.
Emboldened, Ratan slapped the anchor's friend so hard that she collapsed on the road. He then turned on the other woman — only to get punched in the face.
The anchor took off her shoes and started hitting him on the head. Taken aback, Ratan asked for help from the crowd, who joined him in shoving the two women.
Finally, 20 minutes into the ordeal, she saw two policemen "walking towards them". Ratan and his aides ran away.
Ratan was arrested and charged with molestation, assault and intimidation but he got out on bail on Tuesday.
Howrah DC-headquarters Nishat Pervez said the main accused had been arrested and police were looking for his accomplices.
"It was a horrible experience but this is not how I want to remember Kolkata," she said. "It's shocking that even the gateway to Kolkata (Howrah station) is not safe. Not a single person came forward to save us from these goons. I was terrified. Something much worse could have happened."
- TOI
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