Only few days after the horrid incident of a woman being publicly raped by a drunk auto-driver on the side of a busy road in broad daylight, another episode of indecency and harassment against a woman at a public place has come to light.
This time a 30 year old man from Mumbai was caught on video, masturbating at a woman who was sitting inside the coach of a local train.
The 23 year old girl had boarded the Belapur-bound local at around 10:15 AM on Saturday and was sitting in the ladies compartment, when the accused, now identified as – Krupal Patel, boarded the adjoined coach for handicapped passangers, and started masturbating while staring at her through the window.
The girl, who was headed to her office at that time, recorded the entire incident on her mobile phone and took the footage to the Reay Raod police station, filing a compliant with the railway police.
The horrifying video captured by the woman, along with CCTV videos from the station helped cops identify and trace Patel – who originally hails from Orissa and works in the city as a daily-wage laborer.
Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, Inspector Vilas Chowgule said:
“We circulated his picture among our informers, which helped us learn that he was a drug addict. We learnt that he used to frequent the CSMT premises and hence we had laid a trap around the station.”
To think an incident like this could happen in broad daylight – the thought of having to board the local during dark hours gives us the creeps now.
Thoughts?