GURGAON: In an incident that puts a question mark on the security of women even in upmarket residential neighborhoods, a city-based pilot was allegedly molested in DLF City Phase II on Sunday evening while out for an evening walk on an empty road.
The victim was talking on the phone when a man on a bike came up behind her and grabbed her. The victim managed to push him away and rushed to a nearby house to seek help. An FIR has been lodged against the unidentified biker with the DLF-II police.
According to the police, the incident occurred on Sunday around 7.15 pm when the 28-year-old Air India pilot and resident of DLF-II went out for a walk in her neighborhood. "I was talking on the phone when a man wearing a helmet rode up on a bike and parked at the corner of the street. He grabbed me around my waist when I tried to walk past him. I screamed and pushed him away, and then kicked him, which made him fall. I ran to the nearest house and shouted for help and a woman came out on her balcony to ask me what was wrong. Seeing the woman, the biker fled. It is unfortunate that there were no eyewitnesses on the street at that time. I have lodged a complaint with the police," the victim said to TOI.
A team led by ACP Mamta Kharab and ACP Rao Dalbeer Singh reached the spot and investigations into the matter are on.
"We are trying to identify the accused," said SHO Shiv Kumar. He clarified that the accused clearly intended to molest the woman, not rob her.
Gurgaon has seen a constant rise in the cases of crime against women. While in 2012 just about 65 cases of rape and molestation were filed, the numbers shot up by three times in 2013. The police claim that this is happening because more women are able to file FIRs and most of these cases are being solved within months, local women rights groups say cops have failed in checking the crime graph.
Just three days back, a 20-year-old woman from Tripura was attacked by two men inside her home.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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