Even as the Kammanahalli incident of a women being sexually harassed and robbed on the New Year’s Day still haunting otherwise quite Bengaloreans, another incident of molestation and sexual attack on a woman on Friday early morning has shamed the IT city Bengaluru further.
According to police sources another incident of sexual and physical assault has been reported in the KG Halli police station limits very close to Kammannahalli where a 23-year-old woman was walking towards Arabic College Bus Stop near Nagawara Main Road in HRBR layout, when a man allegedly started stalking her and later assaulted her.
The video in the local channels show the man allegedly grabbed her, bit her lips and tongue. The girl also sustained injuries on her arms and legs process. According to reports the burqa clad lady was on her way to catch a bus to her work place in Koramangala when the incident occurred.
The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment and later filed a complaint with the KG Halli police. The lady a private firm employee, was on her way to work, when the incident took place.
According to sources the victim, who filed a complaint with KG Halli police, said in her complaint that she was walking near Arabic Collage bus stop, around 6.30 am on Friday morning and was stalked by an unidentified man.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah condemned the incident and called it as barbaric. He also said police will initiate action and predator will not go scot free. The incident comes a day after police arrested four men, who allegedly molested a woman in Kammanahalli on January 1. In the press meet police commissioner had warned ‘potential molesters’ of consequences, however, within 24 hours another case of molestation was reported.
These incidents of mass molestation and sexual assault in Bengaluru have tarnished the image of the city and the law enforcing agencies. The ruling congress government led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his home minister Parameshwara must act together to bring back the confidence in otherwise a cosmopolitan city.