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Out of all the problems that our nation is plagued with, women’s safety, rather the lack of it is probably the biggest and burning menace. Yes, there are laws and legislation that are being passed every day but the ground reality is far from being ideal.
In fact, the last time I checked, my newsfeed was riddled with stories of rape/molestation/harassment and honestly, it has killed whatever little was left of my optimism. And If you don’t hear the alarms blazing, the following will do it for you.
Melody Gambion from New York recently visited India and was in Goa for the Republic day weekend to have a good time. But little did she know she will go back with scars of sexual assault.
During her stay, she encountered a pervert who not only flashed her but made her run for her life.
However, before going she shared her ordeal in a detailed Facebook post and it’s a must for every girl out there. Read her entire post here.Â
“I was in Goa for about 48 hours over the Indian Republic Day weekend and I got sexually assaulted by my bike driver. I am hoping that if you see this man’s photo – you will never trust your safety with him. He calls himself Ezy M and he is dangerous.
I was at the Arpora night market in Goa and it is here that I hired this man to drive me to Baga where I was having dinner. While on our way, he was friendly and I saw nothing wrong with having a safe, platonic conversation. Upon arrival, he asked where I was staying and offered a good rate to take me back to the town my hotel is in and waited 2 hours for me. He picked me up post-dinner, and when we were making our way back to my hotel in Morjim that he started misbehaving.
He asked me if I would give him a kiss and obviously, I said no. I tried to keep it light and suggested he ‘keep it professional’. I noticed that he kept taking turns into lanes that weren’t on our route and he kept saying that they were shortcuts, but it had already been 40 minutes on his bike. As we drove along, he forced my hands and took them under his shirt and despite constantly telling him to “keep it professional”, he took my hands further down over his pants. And then he said he needed to pull over. He stopped his bike and before I could realize what was happening, his penis was in my hands.
I got off the bike, threw a 500 rupee note at him and ran down the street. Thankfully, I got to a busy main road and he lost me. But I’m shaken. If this guy does not get pulled up for what he did, he WILL get bolder and do something even worse the next time. This is how it begins.
I will go back to Goa again someday and try and not let this incident mar the memory of such a beautiful place. But let’s try and make it safer than it is. Share this with as many people as you can because he may endanger another woman’s safety if you don’t.”
This is the sad reality we live in. The one where creeps think roam freely, committing unspeakable crimes because, let’s face it, the state of law and order in our country is more even deplorable.
According to Indian Express, the police, fortunately, has caught hold of the accused now and arrested the 44-year-old biker identified as Isidore Fernandes committed to the crime.
But will this ever change? Will there ever be a day where a foreign national will not return with bitter memories of India? If it does, WHEN?
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