Noida: A 22-year-old woman has submitted a complaint against four men for sexually harassing and molesting her over a period of three months on public transports, such as trains and autos, that she uses to commute to workplace. Police have arrested one of the accused so far.
The woman told TOI that she didn’t file a complaint right away as she feared for her life due to threats by the accused.
“I used to work in Haldoni and travel via train for Dadri and then take an auto to reach my workplace. For the past 3 to 4 months, four men out of whom I know the name of two and can identify the others have been following me everywhere I go. They used to sit in the same train compartment and then the auto,” she said.
She also said that she had complained about them to Dadri GRP in December last year and one of the accused, Bittu, had been sent to . However, the harassment only increased after he was released.
She explained that the accused did not stop stalking and harassing her even after she quit her job to try to avoid them. She also alleged that she was not the only person that the men would harass. They would also allegedly threaten to rape her.
Around 9am on Saturday, the men forcefully got into the same auto as her outside the Dadri station and began to molest her.
“When I protested, they said that we will do this, you do whatever you can. Then I called 112 and three of these boys ran away and I caught Hitesh there. These people threatened to forcefully take me to a room and rape me,” she alleged.
An FIR was registered under Section 294 (obscene acts) of the IPC at the Ecotech-3 police station.
Later, Section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) was added after Hitesh’s arrest, police said.
“Attempts are being made to arrest the other accused soon,” said DCP (Central Noida) Suniti.
The woman told TOI that she didn’t file a complaint right away as she feared for her life due to threats by the accused.
“I used to work in Haldoni and travel via train for Dadri and then take an auto to reach my workplace. For the past 3 to 4 months, four men out of whom I know the name of two and can identify the others have been following me everywhere I go. They used to sit in the same train compartment and then the auto,” she said.
She also said that she had complained about them to Dadri GRP in December last year and one of the accused, Bittu, had been sent to . However, the harassment only increased after he was released.
She explained that the accused did not stop stalking and harassing her even after she quit her job to try to avoid them. She also alleged that she was not the only person that the men would harass. They would also allegedly threaten to rape her.
Around 9am on Saturday, the men forcefully got into the same auto as her outside the Dadri station and began to molest her.
“When I protested, they said that we will do this, you do whatever you can. Then I called 112 and three of these boys ran away and I caught Hitesh there. These people threatened to forcefully take me to a room and rape me,” she alleged.
An FIR was registered under Section 294 (obscene acts) of the IPC at the Ecotech-3 police station.
Later, Section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) was added after Hitesh’s arrest, police said.
“Attempts are being made to arrest the other accused soon,” said DCP (Central Noida) Suniti.