Chandigarh, July 15
"I came out and was about to sit in my car when over a dozen youths surrounded me. One of them molested me. As I cried for help, they passed obscene comments and hurled abuses at me," she said.
"There was no police official in sight. I was scared and managed to lock myself in my car. Three other girls came out and were similarly molested. They got scared and ran away," she added.
"I then called up the police control room and my boss. The youths kept knocking at the windowpanes. I was panic-stricken and could not even start my vehicle as they obstructed the way," she further said.
When the girl's boss arrived with his friend at the scene, the youths assaulted them. When a police control room vehicle team arrived near the Tao gate later, the youths fled in a white Verna car (PB23F-9757).
"I was accompanied by a policeman to the Sector-26 police station, where I lodged my complaint. No action has been taken so far. This is the height of insensitivity of the police. It is taking things too lightly," she said.
Close on the heels of the molestation of a girl in Guwahati, which sent shock waves across the nation, a girl in the city was molested and chased by over a dozen rowdy youths outside Tao discotheque in Sector 26 last night.
Even 18 hours after the incident, the police failed to track down the youths though it had the vehicle registration number of the car in which the molesters escaped.
The assailants tried to molest other girls, who managed to flee. One of the girls, who went through the horror outside the discotheque last night, narrated the incident to the Chandigarh Tribune.
A written complaint, with the vehicle registration number of the molesters, was handed over to the police after the incident, but a daily diary report was not lodged.
As a mere formality, the investigating officer received her complaint and put July 17, a future date, on it.
The incident occurred when 25-year-old Neetu (name changed) came to the discotheque for a party.
She came out at 1:20 am when a dozen youths surrounded her as she was about to sit in her car. She worked with a software firm in the city."I came out and was about to sit in my car when over a dozen youths surrounded me. One of them molested me. As I cried for help, they passed obscene comments and hurled abuses at me," she said.
"There was no police official in sight. I was scared and managed to lock myself in my car. Three other girls came out and were similarly molested. They got scared and ran away," she added.
"I then called up the police control room and my boss. The youths kept knocking at the windowpanes. I was panic-stricken and could not even start my vehicle as they obstructed the way," she further said.
When the girl's boss arrived with his friend at the scene, the youths assaulted them. When a police control room vehicle team arrived near the Tao gate later, the youths fled in a white Verna car (PB23F-9757).
"I was accompanied by a policeman to the Sector-26 police station, where I lodged my complaint. No action has been taken so far. This is the height of insensitivity of the police. It is taking things too lightly," she said.
‘INVESTIGATION ON’
We have traced the number of the car to Fatehgarh Sahib. We will lodge a case once the accused are traced. We are investigating the matter.
— Inspector Anokh Singh, Sec-26 police station SHO
‘POLICE FOUND NO ONE’
The police control room received the telephone call about the harassment of a girl at 1:36 am. The PCR team reached the spot, but no one was there.
— Roshan Lal, DSP (PCR)
FUTURE DATE
SI Gurcharan Singh received the complaint of the girl and put July 17 the date, with signatures.
PAST INCIDENTS
June 22, 2012: Three girls were chased by youths in a Mercedez car at the Sector-7 market. The youths damaged the car of one of the girls. The three were arrested.
October, 2011: Armed assailants barged into Vodoo at Sector 26 and fired gunshots.
September, 2011: Fifteen youths barged into Tao at Sector 26 and attacked guests and bouncers on duty.
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