Delhi Police has arrested three boys, including a juvenile, for their alleged involvement in the harassment of a Japanese woman during Holi celebrations in Paharganj. The arrests were made after a video of the incident went viral on social media. According to the police, the boys were seen harassing the woman while applying colors on her. The police launched a search operation and were able to apprehend the suspects.
According to a statement by Delhi Police, the boys shown in the viral video harassing a Japanese woman during Holi have been identified and apprehended. The police used field officers and local intelligence to identify the boys. Three boys, including one juvenile, have been apprehended and questioned. They have admitted to the incident shown in the video.
The incident took place in Delhi’s Paharganj area and the video was first posted by the woman on Twitter which was later deleted. According to her latest tweet, she is currently in Bangladesh and is ‘fit in her mind and body’.
According to the statement, the woman has not made any complaint neither to Delhi Police nor to the Japanese embassy.
Action under the Delhi Police Act has been initiated against those apprehended. “Further legal action will be decided on merits and in accordance with the complaint by the girl, if any,” it said.
Bollywood actor Richa Chadha and Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal are among those who reacted to the video and called it a ‘completely shameful behaviour’. National Commission for Woman chairperson Rekha Sharma had earlier written to Delhi Police to ‘immediately file FIR in the matter’.
“Sickening. The woman has to send a notice to NCW,” tweeted National Commission for Women member and BJP leader Khushbu Sundar.
In the viral video, the men groped her and smeared colours on her. One man even smashed an egg on her head. The woman, as seen in the video, found it hard to leave the gang of men. But she continued saying ‘bye’ ‘bye’ in an attempt to exit that group. She smiled once on the camera and as one of the men again touched her, she slapped him and left the place.
