New Delhi, Aug 24 (India Today) : The parents of the Sarabjit Singh, who has been arrested for abusing a Delhi University student passed a shocking comment saying that the girl, Jasleen Kaur, is doing all this for publicity.
In an interview to India Today, the mother, said: The charges against my son are completely false. My son hasn't harassed her, he hasn't done anything. My son was standing at the red light and the girl claimed that she was an Aam Aadmi party leader and was trying to manage traffic and explaining the rules and regulations. My son was standing in the left as he had to take a left turn.....so immediately she clicked his picture and when he retaliated she put up his picture on Facebook. We were shocked that such a minor incident has been blown out of proportion by a girl who is not at all known to our family. My son came and told me everything. She just wants to defame my son so that his career gets affected."
The accused, identified as Sarabjit Singh (26), has been arrested and booked under Sections 354A (punishment for sexual harassment) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of IPC, said a senior police official.
Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the alleged abuse of Delhi University student Jasleen Kaur in Tilak Nagar by a youth on a motorcycle was "unacceptable".
"Congratulate @jasleenkaur89 for her bravery. Girls of Delhi should follow her and speak up against such unacceptable acts," Kejriwal said in a tweet on Monday.
Police said Jasleen Kaur was abused at a traffic signal in Tilak Nagar here around 8 p.m. on Sunday.
"A man made obscene comments at me today (Sunday) at around 8 p.m. near Aggarwal, Tilak Nagar. He was on a silver Royal Enfield, vehicle number DL 4S CE 3623. When I told him I am clicking his picture and I'm going to file a complaint against him, he responded by posing for a picture and said, "Jo kar sakti hai kar le. Complaint karke dikha, fir dekhiyo kya karta hun main (Do whatever you like. Complain and see what I do then)," Jasleen said in her Facebook post.
A case of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation was registered against the biker and he was arrested, police said on Monday.
DU student harassed at traffic signal; uses Facebook to corner eve-teaser
New Delhi, Aug 24 (PTI): A 20-year-old Delhi University student was allegedly harassed by a youth in west Delhi's Tilak Nagar area who also brashly posed for a photograph when told by the former that she would report the matter to police.
After reporting the matter to police, the girl uploaded the photograph of the accused on Facebook with the post soon going viral.
The accused, identified as Sarabjit Singh (26), has been arrested and booked under Sections 354A (punishment for sexual harassment) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of IPC, said a senior police official.
Singh is a resident of the Paschimpuri area of west Delhi.
DCP (West) Pushpendra Kumar also said that Delhi Police have announced a cash reward of Rs 5,000 for the girl, a final year English literature student.
According to police, the matter was reported at around 8 P.M. yesterday and an FIR registered.
In her complaint, the girl told police that she was confronted by the accused at a traffic intersection in Tilak Marg, where he allegedly passed lewd remarks at her with several others looking on.
The woman reportedly took a photograph of the number plate of Singh's motorbike and, when she was about to take a photograph of the accused, he posed for it, despite being told that she was going to report the matter to police. He later sped away, said the police official.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal later lauded the girl's courage and said in a post on twitter, "Congratulate... her bravery. Girls of Delhi should follow her & speak up against such unacceptable acts."
Meanwhile, Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal condemned the incident and said it was shameful that people stood watching and did not come to the girl's help.
"She went to the police and registered her complaint despite threats. Such cases affect the whole of society and systems. This is not an individual case. We have to see the four pillars of our democracy.
"Whenever such cases happen, they affect the pillars, judiciary and police. It is very shameful that 20 peole were standing and watching... that is wrong. Why didn't they think if she were to be their sister or daughter," Maliwal told reporters here.