There have been so many incidents highlighted in the news these days where men have been seen masturbating at women in public. Recently, it was a Delhi student who was a victim to this harassment in a DTC bus. Last year too there were instances highlighted in Mumbai where the man masturbated to a girl in the local train.
In another incident, actor Sumeet Ragahvan took to Twitter to ask for help finding an unidentified man who masturbated in front of his wife, Chinmayee Surve in Vile Parle.
A white BMW with last 4 digits 1985 needs to be traced. The driver wearing a grey safari who had parked near #ParleTilakSchool #VileParleEast started masturbating in front of my wife. Before she could slap him he escaped. She could note down just the last 4 digits@MumbaiPolice
— Sumeet (@sumrag) February 19, 2018
The man sat in his car in broad daylight and masturbated in front of the TV actor. And before she could take action, he drove off. However, she did manage to note the last digits of his car number.
The incident occured near a school which had Summet even more worried because he could have done it to underage kids as well.
Thanks pandey.. Need to find that bastard. There are school girls too. That bastard must have done this to them as well.. https://t.co/dA3hlSVhil
— Sumeet (@sumrag) February 19, 2018
The actor spoke to Indian Express and shared his woes on the matter. He said,
“It’s so shocking that miscreants are up for something so disgusting in broad daylight. I was at home when my wife called me frantically.”
They also lodged a police complaint at the local station and also the traffic department.
The Mumbai Police took swift action and replied to his tweet.
We have followed you. Please DM your contact details.
— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) February 19, 2018
Sumeet said that while he was trying to monitor the CCTV footage at the location with the police, Chinmayee was at the police station recording her statement.
Talking about the swift action taken by the authorities, Sumeet said,
It’s appalling how often crimes against women are committed in this country. We need to start voicing the harassment and taking action against it now. After all, public transport and public places are a right of every citizen in the country and we should be able to roam them without the fear of sexual assault.
We hope the culprit is found and brought to justice soon.