A 41-year-old woman riding in an MG Hector was sexually harassed, abused, and threatened by several drunk men in a car following a multi-vehicle collision near Rajiv Chowk in Gurugram.
The woman, in her complaint, alleged that the accused recorded a video of her and threatened to post it online.
An FIR was registered at Sadar police station, following which police arrested two accused on Monday. Both were produced in a city court and sent into judicial custody.
The accused were identified as Kamal Verma, 22, a resident of Nahra village, Sonipat, and Sujal Verma, 29, a resident of Bakhtawarpur in Delhi.
A senior police officer said three other accused have been identified and will be arrested soon.
The woman said the incident took place on Saturday at 8:10 pm when she was driving in the right lane on the Rajiv Chowk Flyover and the vehicle ahead of her suddenly stopped. She applied the brakes in a controlled manner but within moments, she experienced a massive impact from the rear. The force of the collision was extremely severe.
In the meantime, another vehicle approaching from behind at very high speed violently rammed into the vehicles, causing a chain collision and resulting in substantial damage to multiple vehicles, including hers.
The accused vehicle was driving at such a high speed that its airbags deployed, and they damaged all three cars ahead of it. Before she could properly assess the situation, the occupants of the offending vehicle aggressively drove ahead and deliberately blocked her vehicle.
The five to six men emerged from the offending vehicle and immediately began behaving in an aggressive and intimidating manner. All of them appeared heavily intoxicated.
“Without any provocation whatsoever from my side, they started abusing me with filthy and obscene language and outraging a woman’s modesty. They recorded videos of me without my consent and made false allegations on camera about me. They also threatened to circulate the videos on social media and made sexually coloured remarks, humiliating me. One of them, wearing black attire, deliberately smashed the windshield of my vehicle, physically pushed me and attempted to touch me inappropriately. Another accused openly stated that he would throw me in front of moving traffic on the highway. As a woman all by myself standing on a busy highway surrounded by multiple intoxicated and aggressive men, I felt threatened, humiliated, sexually harassed and genuinely fearful for my safety. At around 8:15 p.m., I informed the police through dial 112,” the woman said in her complaint.
“During police interrogation, it was revealed that the accused were travelling from Delhi to Manesar. Following the road accident, an argument broke out between the two parties. The accused stated that as the dispute escalated, they abused the complainant and behaved indecently with her, thereby committing the alleged offence. Verification of the criminal records of the accused revealed that they were previously involved in 1 criminal case registered in District Sonipat relating to obstruction of a public way and use of abusive language in a public place. The accused were produced in a city court today and sent into judicial custody. The others accused have been identified, and they also will be arrested soon,” said a senior police officer.
