KOLKATA: A 24-year-old manager of a premium restaurant was allegedly teased, dragged and molested by two men on a bike at a crowded market area in the BB Block of New Town on Wednesday night.
The accused fled, leaving the woman bleeding from her face, hands and knees on the road. On Thursday, the two, Raju Majumdar (27) and Sobuj Shil (21), both daily labourers and residents of the area, were arrested. Cops have launched a search for two-wheeler that they were riding while harassing the woman. The incident happened when the woman was on the way to her home in Jatragachhi from office.
Locals spotted the woman on the road and attended to her injuries before cops from New Town police station took her for medical treatment. She lodged a complaint with the police on Thursday.
“The two passed lewd remarks at me and harassed me. As I took my cell phone and started video-recording the incident, they chased me,” the woman said on Friday.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
