In a long Twitter thread, an Indore-based model has claimed that she was sexually assaulted by two men on a bike who pulled her skirt and said, “dikhao iske niche kya hai? (show us what’s underneath)”. The model-blogger narrated how she tried to stop the attackers and fell down from her scooty, injuring her leg. She also shared a picture of her bruised leg and recalled a man who helped her after the fall saying, “It’s because you’re wearing a skirt!”
“It happened on one of the busiest roads of Indore, and nobody tried to stop them. They ran away, and I couldn’t even see their number. I’ve never felt so helpless. I’m not the kind of girl who will just sit and watch. Those fiends ran away, and I couldn’t do anything,” she further tweeted, adding, “My friends took me to a nearby cafe and I tried my level best to let this incident go. Not because I’m weak, but for those thirty min, I wasn’t ready to deal with it. I was numb. I was speechless.”
This happened today. Two guys tried to pull my skirt while I was on my activa and said, "dikhao Iske niche Kya hai?" I tried to stop them and lost control and met with an accident. pic.twitter.com/V02hb62vwE
— A (@SharmaAakarshi) April 22, 2018
It happened on one of the busiest roads of indore, and nobody tried to stop them. They ran away, and I couldn't even see their number. I've never felt so helpless. I'm not the kind of girl who will just sit and watch. Those fiends ran away, and I couldn't do anything.
— A (@SharmaAakarshi) April 22, 2018
My friends took me to a nearby cafe and I tried my level best to let this incident go. Not because I'm weak, but for those thirty min, I wasn't ready to deal with it. I was numb. I was speechless.
— A (@SharmaAakarshi) April 22, 2018
What I want to wear is my fucking choice. Those guys don't have any right to harass me because WEARING A SKIRT DOESN'T GIVE YOU A RIGHT TO BEHAVE LIKE THAT. An uncle who came to help me after my fall said, "it's because you're wearing a skirt!" I've never been so offended.
— A (@SharmaAakarshi) April 22, 2018
I decided to go live on my instagram and talk about it. Just imagine if I wasn't on such a busy road. Imagine I was on a lonely street. WOULD THOSE GUYS HAVE STOPPED AT TRYING TO PULL MY SKIRT?
— A (@SharmaAakarshi) April 22, 2018
I did go back to the same location and asked around, unfortunately, no CCTV cameras coverage on that particular spot.
I'm registering a police complaint tomorrow. I don't know if they will be able to find those guys, but if I don't do it right now, it defeats my purpose.— A (@SharmaAakarshi) April 22, 2018