Nagpur: Woman on bike harassed on flyover, three youths detained
Three young men were detained after a video showed them harassing a woman riding a motorcycle on a Nagpur flyover.
A case has come to light in Nagpur of a young woman riding a Bullet motorcycle being subjected to indecent behaviour on the road. As soon as the incident came to light, Imamwada police station registered a case and detained three young men. Police swung into action after a video of the incident spread on social media, tracing and detaining the accused.
The incident took place on the night of September 25. It happened on the flyover running from Baidyanath Chowk towards Reshimbagh Chowk, where the young woman was riding her Bullet alone. At the same time, three young men riding triple-seat on a single bike followed behind her. One of them made obscene gestures on seeing her. Noticing this, the woman immediately confronted the young men and questioned them, after which they stopped the bike. When she directly challenged them over the obscene gestures, the young men grew nervous and began giving evasive answers while trying to justify themselves.
Someone shot a video of the incident, which went viral on social media. As soon as the video went viral, police swung into action and began searching for the accused. During the investigation, police detained three accused young men identified as Gaurav Purushottam Dhande, Pranay alias Golu Dattaram Kalkar and Dheeraj Shriram Bhanarkar. Police have also seized the bike used by the three at the time of the incident, so that it can be used as evidence in further investigation.
Police have issued a clear warning that strict action will be taken against those found committing such acts in the future.
