New Year’s eve: Woman molested in Delhi too

January 06, 2017 01:27 am | Updated 01:28 am IST - NEW DELHI:

Around the time the Bengaluru mass molestation incident happened on New Year’s eve, a mob molested a woman in North-West Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar and later attacked policemen with stones who came to her rescue.

A video of the incident, which has gone viral, shows New Year revellers, comprising mostly students, allegedly molesting the woman riding pillion on a bike. The mob allegedly tried to grope her near a market in Mukherjee Nagar.

After the police arrived, the woman left the area. She has not been identified yet.

Sharing details of the incident, a police officer said a PCR call was received at 11.30 p.m. and the caller informed the police about the hooliganism and the molestation. A PCR van rushed to the spot and rescued the girl. But once the police managed to free her from the crowd, they became the target of the revellers.

“The PCR staff told us that while they successfully saved the girl and her friend, the crowd attacked them, who then sought shelter in a police post close by,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police Milind Mahadeo Dumbere. “We have registered a case of rioting and molestation against unidentified persons. We are trying to identify the miscreants with the help of local intelligence,” Mr. Dumbere said.

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