The police have filed an FIR and are investigating the case (Representational)
Thiruvananthapuram:
One day after an actress in Kerala took to social media to narrate her harrowing experience of being sexually harassed at a shopping mall in Kochi, the state police brought a case based on the statement from the actor’s mother.
The First Informative Report (FIR) has been presented against “known and identifiable men” for “assault or use of criminal force against a woman to outrage her modesty.”
“We have not yet identified the men; however, the process is underway. We also reviewed the CCTV footage and took the statement from the actor’s mother,” the investigating officer told NDTV.
The actress, who was at the mall, was with her family when the incident occurred. The Kerala Women’s Commission has taken up the case on its own.
On Thursday, the actor had written on social media, counting: “I’m not the one who rants often on social media. But what happened today is something that I can’t seem to let go of. Two men passed me in a generous space. aisle in lulu hypermarket, that there were hardly any people crowded in and one of them not so accidentally brushed his hand on my back as he passed me. As he caught me off guard, I couldn’t react immediately. The benefit of a doubt, but you know that when something is not right, you feel it. My sister saw this very clearly, as she was standing not too far away. She came up to me and asked if I was alright. She clearly was not. The fact that it seemed deliberate even to her made it clear that I wasn’t imagining this. I was blank for a minute trying to process this. I walked towards them but they completely ignored me. I made sure he knew that I understood. And both of them they left the hall immediately mind “.
“I was still so angry that I couldn’t say anything. I couldn’t think of a sensible prayer at the time. My sister and I walked out of the hall and met my mom and brother at the vegetable counter. These men apparently followed us. While my mom and brother were busy picking things up, Su and I were trying to move the cart to the check. These men came to us again and this time that guy had the audacity to talk to me and my sister. Trying to get closer like Him He spoke. He wanted to know the names of the movies I’ve been a part of. We turned our backs and asked the guy to take care of his own business and leave. When my mom walked towards us, they left, “wrote the actor.
“As I write this, I can think of a thousand things I could have said to you and a hundred things I could have done. But I didn’t. I just couldn’t. I wanted to leave this here so I could feel a little bit of relief. Feel like I’ve done something about it knowing fully that they left without guilt or problems. Knowing that they could do it again. It makes me angry. This is not the first time I have these experiences. But each time it is different and difficult, “he wrote.
“Being a woman has been very tiring, being on guard every minute when you leave your house. Seeing my clothes when I bend and turn. Protect my chest with my arms in a scream. The list goes on. And the days that I am at home I worry about my mother, my sister and my friends who have to do the same things. It is all for these patients. You take away our security. You take away the comfort and joy. of our femininity. I despise you. For men who read This, if you’ve ever done anything remotely inappropriate with a woman, know that you are the lowest form of life and deserve nothing but hell. I hope and pray you will never get away with these things like those two men today And to all the women who read this. I hope they have the courage that I did not have today to slap those men in the face. “
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