molestation

A car ran over Nilanjana Chatterjee’s left leg after she was trying to save a woman from being molested in Kolkata. This is her story.

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"He said he had a gun and he threatened to shoot me if I screamed. He then came on to me, and I tried to stop him. He was squeezing my throat, and he slapped me. He continued to slap and punch me. He sexually assaulted me.”

The victim, a student, and her friend, spotted him at Mulund station and pulled him out of the train when it halted.

The 15-year-old was travelling with her father in the differently-abled compartment of a Mumbai local at the time of the incident.

"I saw him touch her, caress her, and pinch her, and when he saw me watching him, he smiled at me."

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Vijay Kumar lunged at Pooja and tried to rip off her shirt. Pooja was thrown to the ground, but the sudden attack did not take away her strength or presence of mind.

Eve teasing and molestation are problems that women all over the world, especially in India, grapple with everyday. Often, many women are unaware of the laws and regulations that give them protection against such acts. Here are some of the key legal sections dealing with sexual offences against women that all women must know about.

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