Woman is groped by man, drags him by his hair to police station
A woman accosted by a drunk man in broad daylight fought him off and dragged him by his hair to the police – as a crowd stood by and did nothing. Pradnya Mandhare was on her way was on her way home from lectures when the incident took place on the platform at a Mumbai station. The 20-year-old was stunned by the attack because it happened around 2.30pm. She was convinced some of the people walking past would step in to help, but nobody did. ‘I was really shocked when he came up and just started groping me, and I try to get away from him but he grabbed me then,’ said the third-year media studies student. ‘The only thing to do because nobody else was doing anything was to hit him and so I belted him with my bag. ‘He tried to hit me back and he really stunk of alcohol, but I was determined not to let him get away with it. ‘I know that women don’t like to complain to the police but I was determined to make sure he was punished.’ The platform where she was attacked h