Woman attacked in Pune for 'wearing short dress, roaming with men'

How can you wear such a short dress and roam with two males at such a time ,' the men told the 22-year-old.

A gang of men travelling in a car threatened, abused and attacked a 22-year-old woman in Pune on May 1 for ‘wearing a short dress and roaming around with men’.

According to a report, the incident took place as the woman was returning from the sangeet rehearsal for her friend's wedding. “At 5.30 am, while we were passing by the Lullanagar main signal, a car started driving parallel to ours. A man rolled down the tinted window glass of his vehicle and peeped into our car,” the woman said.

They then began to hurl abuses and threaten the woman and her friends, following her car all the way home. One of her male friends tried to intervene, but was thrashed by one of the men from the gang. The other men dragged the woman out of the car and hit her.

“How can you wear such a short dress and roam with two men at such a time In Pune, this is not allowed,” the men told the 22-year-old woman.

The accused allegedly threatened the girl, saying they were influential. "They gave me their names and numbers. They know my address too, they said. They all seemed drunk. They left, only to return five minutes later, with 10 to 15 men brandishing rods and sticks, threatening us," narrated the woman.

The woman subsequently dialed 100 but received no response. The police arrived an hour later and registered a case of non-cognisable offence. Finally, a proper case was filed on Sunday after the woman visited the Kondwa police station several times.

Two of the accused men — Amit Mukhedkar and Shubham Gupta — have been arrested. Police is on the hunt for the rest.