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7 arrested for harassing former Miss India Universe

Model Ushoshi Sengupta was allegedly chased and harassed by a gang of bikers twice on Monday in Kolkata. Police have arrested seven persons in connection with the incident, the arrests have been made on the basis of video grabs provided by Sengupta and CCTV footages.

7 arrested for harassing former Miss India Universe

Seven arrested for harassing model

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Published : Jun 19, 2019, 4:50 PM IST

Kolkata: Seven persons were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly attacking former Miss India Universe Ushoshi Sengupta here and vandalising the cab she was travelling in.

Model harassed by bike-borne youths in Kolkata, 7 arrested

Sengupta, the winner of Miss India Universe pageant in 2010, was attacked on Monday night while coming back from a five-star hotel in Kolkata in an Uber cab.

"Seven persons - Sheik Rahit, Fardin Khan, Sk. Sabir Ali, Sk. Gani, Sk. Imran Ali, Sk. Wasim and Atif Khan have been arrested on Tuesday for allegedly harassing the complainant, assaulting an Uber driver and vandalising the cab. A detailed inquiry is going on into the case," Joint Commissioner of Kolkata Police, Crime, Praveen Tripathi said.

Following the attack, the model-turned-actress posted about the incident on social media where she claimed that the gang of miscreants tried to drag her out when she was dropping her colleague.

"Last night 17th June 2019 at around 11:40 pm I took an uber from JW Marriott Kolkata. I was accompanied by my colleague. We were taking a left turn from the Exide crossing towards Elgin while few boys in a bike (without helmets) came and hit the Uber cab. To which they stopped the bike and started yelling at the driver.

"In a fraction of second there were 15 boys and they all started banging on the car window and dragging the driver out. They dragged the driver and started beating him up. This is when I stepped out and started shouting and taking a video of the incident," Sengupta wrote in her Facebook post which has gone viral.

"The boys followed us till my colleague's house and right when we were dropping him near lake gardens govt housing, 6 of the boys in 3 bikes came and stopped my car, threw stones, broke the car. Dragged me out and tried to break my phone to delete the video. My colleague jumped out in fear and I was completely shaken. I came out started shouting by now the locals had come out," she said.

In her post, Sengupta also questioned how 15 boys were allowed to travel on bikes without a helmet and said such incidents can happen to anybody.

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Kolkata: Seven persons were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly attacking former Miss India Universe Ushoshi Sengupta here and vandalising the cab she was travelling in.

Model harassed by bike-borne youths in Kolkata, 7 arrested

Sengupta, the winner of Miss India Universe pageant in 2010, was attacked on Monday night while coming back from a five-star hotel in Kolkata in an Uber cab.

"Seven persons - Sheik Rahit, Fardin Khan, Sk. Sabir Ali, Sk. Gani, Sk. Imran Ali, Sk. Wasim and Atif Khan have been arrested on Tuesday for allegedly harassing the complainant, assaulting an Uber driver and vandalising the cab. A detailed inquiry is going on into the case," Joint Commissioner of Kolkata Police, Crime, Praveen Tripathi said.

Following the attack, the model-turned-actress posted about the incident on social media where she claimed that the gang of miscreants tried to drag her out when she was dropping her colleague.

"Last night 17th June 2019 at around 11:40 pm I took an uber from JW Marriott Kolkata. I was accompanied by my colleague. We were taking a left turn from the Exide crossing towards Elgin while few boys in a bike (without helmets) came and hit the Uber cab. To which they stopped the bike and started yelling at the driver.

"In a fraction of second there were 15 boys and they all started banging on the car window and dragging the driver out. They dragged the driver and started beating him up. This is when I stepped out and started shouting and taking a video of the incident," Sengupta wrote in her Facebook post which has gone viral.

"The boys followed us till my colleague's house and right when we were dropping him near lake gardens govt housing, 6 of the boys in 3 bikes came and stopped my car, threw stones, broke the car. Dragged me out and tried to break my phone to delete the video. My colleague jumped out in fear and I was completely shaken. I came out started shouting by now the locals had come out," she said.

In her post, Sengupta also questioned how 15 boys were allowed to travel on bikes without a helmet and said such incidents can happen to anybody.

Also read: PIL against Nitish, Harsh Vardhan for 'fake medicine' in hospitals

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Model harassed by bike-borne youths in Kolkata, 7 arrested
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Kolkata, Jun 19 (PTI) Model-turned-actor Ushoshi
Sengupta was allegedly chased and harassed by a gang of bikers
twice on Monday night while returning home from work in an
app-based cab, police said.
Seven persons have been arrested in connection with
the incident that took place around 11.40 pm on Monday, they
said.
Sengupta, 30, said she was returning home along with a
colleague in an app-based cab, which was hit by a few bike-
borne youths who dragged the driver out and roughed him up.
The model claimed that she had sought help from
officers of Maidan police station in the heart of the city,
and later went to Charu Market police station in south
Kolkata.
On both occasions, she was allegedly told that the
incident did not happen in their jurisdiction.
The Kolkata Police on Tuesday said it has also
initiated an inquiry into the alleged non-registration of FIR.
"A few boys on a bike without any helmet hit our cab
at Exide intersection and Jawaharlal Road crossing... Around
15 boys appeared from nowhere and dragged the driver out,
started beating him up. This is when I stepped out and started
shouting, calling the police and simultaneously started taking
video of the entire incident," she said.
She claimed that officers of the Maidan police
station, within 50 metres of the spot, initially did not come
for help despite her repeated requests.
She was told that the crossing falls under the
jurisdiction of Bhawanipore police station.
"It was only when I broke down and pleaded that the
driver would get killed that the officers responded. But the
boys pushed the police officers and fled," she said.
After about 10-15 minutes, two officers came from
Bhawanipore police station but as it was past midnight by
then, Sengupta decided to pursue the case on Tuesday morning.
Accordingly, she requested the driver to drop her
colleague and her at their homes.
The ordeal continued as six boys on three bikes
reappeared and started following the cab near the Lake Gardens
area in south Kolkata.
"They stopped my car, threw stones and dragged me out
and tried to break my phone to delete the video. My colleague
jumped out out of fear and I started shouting to attract some
locals' attention there.
"I managed to telephone my dad and my sister at my
residence in the next lane when they escaped," Sengupta said.
The actor also alleged that officers at the nearby
Charu Market Police Station refused to take any complaint and
advised her to, instead, approach the Bhawanipore Police
Station.
"After raising a lot of questions, the officer took my
complaint but refused to take the complaint of the driver,"
she said in a Facebook post, recounting the incident.
"We have taken this incident very seriously and seven
persons have been arrested so far. On the order of the
Commissioner of Police, Kolkata, an inquiry regarding the
non-registration of FIR has been initiated into this incident,
at a very senior level," the Kolkata Police wrote on its
Twitter handle.
The arrests were made on the basis of video grabs
provided by Sengupta and CCTV footages.
When contacted, a senior police officer said, "Those
arrested seem to be locals who have been violating traffic
rules for quite some time. We are hopeful of nabbing the
others from the CCTV footages of the surrounding areas." PTI
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