Mumbai girl's inspiring story of teaching lesson to sexual harasser draws applause

An inspiring story of a Mumbai girl who taught a lesson to a sexual harasser and handled situation courously is winning applause from netizens. According to a Facebook post of Humans of Bombay, girl, who is said to be mir, recalled sexual harassment incident at Goregaon station when she got off a train and was headed towards bridge.

“I’d just gotten off train at Goregaon and was headed to bridge when I felt a hand grab my butt. I’ve travelled in trains for most of my life, so I knew that it wasn’t by mistake,” girl said.

girl was able to catch harasser’s hand immediately due to her quick reflexes as a softball player since childhood. She was a little intimidated and scared because of man’s huge built and called for help but one came forward. She decided to push him towards railway police station where authorities told her that man has been caught twice before but one filed an FIR due to lengthy procedure.

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'Proud of you'

police urged girl to t let him go and suggested to file an FIR. assurance from police eliminated her fear and called her mor to meet her at Borivali. man finally confessed of his crime after officers saw CCTV foot and interrogated him for hours. police took girl’s statement and man was jailed on same night.

On her way back home, girl’s mor told her, “I’m so proud of how brave you’ve been.”

A few days later, man’s daughter called girl’s mor to withdraw complaint and let him go for family’s’ sake. But she replied, “It’s for your sake that I cant let him go; he’ll learn his lesson only this way.” 

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Social media applauded mor-daughter duo for firm stand on issue. “Your mor is an inspiring lady who has brought up such a brave and empowered daughter! Courous girls like you will change this world for a better place for all or voiceless women!” commented a Facebook user.

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