Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Feb 13, 2013: Woman molested, pushed off auto in Barasat

By , TNN | Feb 13, 2013, 05.05 AM IST
BARASAT: A 32-year-old woman was allegedly molested and pushed-off a moving auto by a youth at Barbaria in Barasat on Tuesday evening. Though the woman has lodged a complaint, but police are yet to arrest the duo who has gone into hiding.

The assault occurred around 8.30pm while the woman was on her way back home. The victim, who works at a diagnostic centre in Helabortala, said that she boarded an auto from Neelganj Road to reach Sainik Nagar. Soon as she got into the vehicle, the driver speeded up. When the woman asked why he wasn't waiting for more passengers, the driver allegedly misbehaved with her and refused an answer. But on reaching Salbagan, the driver stopped and a youth boarded the auto. The victim alleged she was continuously harassed by the youth. When her protests did not yield result, she slapped the molester. This angered him and he pushed her off the auto at Barbaria. The woman has sustained some injuries severe cut marks on her waist. "We have received a complaint and raids are on to nab the culprits," said police.

The woman was injured and has received severe cut marks in her waist. The accused along with the auto driver is on the run as police has started an investigation after the woman lodged a complaint at Barasat police station.

The incident occurred around 8:30pm when the woman boarded an auto near a diagnostic center at Barasat Helabortola where she works as a manager. She was going to her residence at Barasat Sainik Nagar along Barasat Neelganj Road. The driver of the auto allegedly started his auto without any other passenger. When she asked him why he did not take any other passenger, the driver refused an answer. He misbehaved and refused to give any reason. After travelling half kilometer from the next stop at Salbagan, a youth boarded the auto.

Later the man on the back seat beside the woman started harassing her. When she protested, the youth molested the woman repeatedly. She screamed for help from the moving auto. The driver immediately increased the speed of his vehicle. She was then forced to slap the youth. Soon, the youth pushed her off the auto at Barbaria. The two then fled with the auto.

The locals found the woman being thrown out of the auto and rushed to her rescue. She was rushed to the Barasat hospital and later discharged after treatment. She went to the Barasat police station and lodged a complaint against the duo.

The woman alleged that recently she was being harassed over the past few days on her way to home from her job. On Tuesday, the incident has left her feeling insecure and traumatised.

The manager of the diagnostic center in which she works, Rajat Subhra Ghosh alleged that often local youths are noticed to be hanging around the diagnostic center. He further alleged that they try to harass the women visiting the center. He demanded immediate arrest of the miscreants.

A senior police official said, "we have received a complaint and the raids are on to nab the culprits."
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