NE GIRL MOLESTED BY SHOP OWNER IN GURGAON

New Delhi, 17 Dec 2014: Crime against the Northeast people has never in downward. Yet in another incident a young Manipuri girl has been reportedly beaten, threatened, molested and abused by the owner of a tailor shop in Gurgaon on December 15 evening.

The incident occurred at around 6:30pm when the victim (identity undisclosed) accompanying two female friends of her to-be bride, visited Diva (Designer Studio), CG 11, Unitech Arcadia South City-II, Gurgaon to collect her gown which she pre-ordered and gave to it to the shop for stitching on December 3rd. She has order the gown for her marriage on January 7, 2015.

According to the victim, the accused promised her many times that she will finish the work but kept on failing which the victim raised questions to her for not completing the work on time. The accused threw the unstitched cloth on her and then started beating her inside the shop.

“The accused/owner of the shop asked me to wait for 5 minutes to which I agreed. We waited for more than 10 minutes after which I asked again about the gown. Then to my surprised she said it is not ready and it will take two more days. Then she finally asked me to take the gown material and get lose from the shop. I resented as I had waited enough days and invested time for this gown. When I did not move the owner pushed me throwing the gown material on my face and started hitting me with the hanger. The owner called the security guard to chase us out of the shop, which he disagreed as we all were females. Then she called masterji (tailor). When the masterji arrived she pulled me by my hair while the masterji hold my breast and tried to push me away. I got cut on my thigh and injured on my head. She pulled out a bunch of my hair. She even tried to kill me with a broken glass. Even at the police station, the owner’s friend asked her not to take order from people like me,” the victim narrated her ordeal.

FIR has been registered under sections 323/506/354A of Indian Penal Code in Gurgaon Sadar Police station on January 16. No arrest has been made so far.

~ Bruce K. Thangkhal

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