Budding actress Rhea Chakraborty has lodged a complaint of molestation with the Khar police station, after she was groped allegedly by a stranger on the premises of her building at Khar in north-west Mumbai.
In her complaint lodged with the Khar police, 21-year-old Rhea said that the incident took place at 5.40 pm on Tuesday, after she boarded the lift in her building to get to her flat.
After she entered the lift, a stranger — who was then walking up the staircase — suddenly entered the lift and tried to get intimate with her. The panicked MTV’s video jockey-turned-actress kicked him, forcing the stranger to leave the lift and flee.
The actress later lodged a complaint with Khar police station. Hailing originally from Bangalore, Rhea made her television debut on MTV in a reality show, TVS Scooty Teen Diva, and later was selected as VJ for the music channel. She hosted shows like Pepsi MTV Wassup, Tic Tac College Beat, and MTV Gone in 60 Seconds. She made her film debut with Telugu film Tuneega Tuneega in 2012. She later in Hindi film under Yash Raj Films under Mere Dad Ki Maruti.
Rhea herself went to town with the details of incident. “Mumbai is so unsafe, It’s scary to another level. I am absolutely frustrated with the men in this country,” she wrote from her twitter handle, Tweet2Rhea.
“I just got groped by a very well dressed man who casually walks into my building in broad daylight, with two watchmen chilling in the building… Can a girl not walk in to her own building at 5 pmIJ” she tweeted. Having registered Rhea’s complaint, the Khar police said that they would examine the CCTV footage to identify the stranger who allegedly groped the actress.