South Delhi women assaulted in Metro. Incidents of women harassment, pick pocketing and mobile grabbing on the rise

Incidents of harrasment of women especially the young – office and college going girls usually take place in Delhi metro despite the fact that there are CCTVs, metro rail corporation’s police ( CRPF) and its vigilant staff.

In addition incidents of mobile snatchings and pick pocketting are also on the rise in metro trains but the authorities hardly come to the rescue of its passengers.

During the evening rush hours and at late night the women are the most vulnerable lot.

The increasing rush on various routes of Delhi metro give rise to such obnoxious incidents of women harassment and sexual assaults including incidents of pick pocketing and mobile/ cell phone snatchings as unwanted elements find the rush hour most suitable opportunity to conduct their illegal operations.

Even organised gangs of women pick pocketeers in groups are active inside metro train nicely dressed so that no passenger can doubt on their credentials. They allegedly operate both in Ladies as well as general coaches.

The pickpocketeers usually operate while passengers are emerging out and entering the train at main junctions like Rajiv Chowk, Guru Gram and Kashmiri gate stations etc where hundreds of communters are always in a hurry and rush.

On 8th June a South Delhi women was eve teased and harrased by a man between IFFCO Chock to Gurugram main city centre station caught on the CCTV camera and caught after the woman complained to the police.

The culprit had been caught earlier as well assaulting women passengers in the Metro.

The incident happened today and due to the woman’s boldness, the eve teaser could be apprehended.

The Gurugram police has arrested the man and charged him under the relevant sections of the law.

Number of incidents of women assaults, harrasment and eve teasing have been reported in Metro trains and its vicinity but no credible efforts have been intiated by the metro authorities. There is only one reporting centre at Kashmere gate and few others but hardly any defaulter or culprit is caught on complaints at these centres nor the lostor robbed material ever recovered.This is really absurd and uncalled for.

Though there have been separate women coaches for women passengers but sometime male passengers are seen sitting there or gazing women passengers.

The metro should increase the bogey/ coaches of women pasengers and they should be asked to avoid general coaches usually.

Today’s incident of woman assault in the metro train within IFFCO chowk to Gurugram city centre raises certain question marks on the metro authority’s credibility.

If these incidents of women harrasments, assaults, pickpocketing and mobile phone snatchings etc are not stopped forthwith and with a heavy hand the credibility of Metro Rail Corporation will be at stake in the near future.

The crux of the story is that Delhi metro is earning handsome profits through more than 35 lakh commuters who travel by metro daily. The metro fares too are quite exorbitant not within the reach of the commuters hailing from the lowest ebb of the society.

But in terms of providing safety and security to women passengers and getting rid of molesters, pick pocketers and mobile snatchers the metro authorities have proved incapable of showing fruitful results. Whats your take friends?