Mangaluru:A woman on Friday shared her horrific experience of abuse in a local bus on social media post that has now gone viral.
On her Instagram post, the woman wrote in detail about the incident when a co-passenger sat next to her and started touching her inappropriately.
Despite, the woman confronting the man, he continued misbehaving.
"Today (14-01-2021) around 3:45 pm I was on my way to pump well in Mahesh bus. This fellow (in the picture) climbed the bus from KS Hegde hospital stop and sat next to me. Acted as if he is busy speaking on the phone n started touching me with another hand, I felt uncomfortable and I moved a little but this fellow kept touching me. I shouted at him after some time he asked sorry and went backside. I was relieved but then after 3 stops, I'm seeing him getting down from another bus and got into Mahesh again and sat beside me. He repeated the same cheap activity this time I shouted and told him to move to another vacant gents seat but he refused," the victim wrote.
She further narrated how none of the other people on the bus intervened and sat there as an audience.
"In spite of me insulting him publicly, he started to touch again. Sadly the rest of the passengers (oops I can call it as the audience) just kept watching us without taking any actions including the conductor and driver," the post read.
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The victim added that the perpetrator was so set in his way that when the woman confronted him and threatened to put his image on the internet, he unflinchingly took off his mask and posed for the photograph.
"I shouted again and I told I will post his picture on social media and make it viral so that you will never do such activities in your lifetime. Surprisingly, he removed his mask and posed for the picture, and said thanks to me," she wrote.
"The reason behind me posting this is to create awareness. bcz it is normal for the woman/girls especially who uses public transportation for their work/college This is not the first time it happened. So many times with different people. Unfortunately, 99% of the woman/ girls don't react either scared of their dignity or about thinking of the future. No law, no cops, no human beings will come and help you instead they will just watch. Like some reality show.
I humbly request with beautiful ladies and brothers out there whoever reading this post. Repost this as much as you can. Also, women/girls stop remaining silent react in this situation or else those people will do it again with other ladies,” she said in her post.
