Haryana: National level karate player beats up traffic policeman for sexually harassing her

A national-level karate champion thrashed a Haryana traffic policeman in Rohtak for molesting her on a shared auto-rickshaw at late evening on Thursday.

According to the Times of India, the victim was going home after attending classes at a Karate Academy around 7 PM the cop named Yaseen boarded the same rickshaw. The traffic cop, who was in the uniform, sat close to her in the auto and started harassing her,. He also said to the victim that he wanted to be her friend and even he asked for her mobile number.

She alleged that when she refused to talk to him, he started touching her. Then, she beat him up in self-defence and said the auto-driver to go to the women police station.

“Instead of being wary of his position as a policeman, he immediately asked me for my phone number. When I refused, he targeted me and said that he was asking for friendship only and there was nothing wrong. This infuriated me, and I thrashed him twice and pushed him to the corner of the auto so that he couldn't escape,” she was quoted by TOI as saying.

When the cop tried to escape, the complainant dragged him to the nearest police station with the help of the autorickshaw driver. Despite the woman SHO refused to escalate the matter, she filed a case uner Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code. Surprisingly, the SHO tried to pacify the victim by saying that the consable’s career and married life would be ruined if there is an FIR registered against him.

Later, Rahtak SP Pankaj Nain lodged immediately an FIR and the woman SHO was transferred to the Police Lines.

"A case under relevant provisions has been registered against the constable, Yaseen, for harassing the woman in the auto-rickshaw. He has been placed under suspension and arrested," DSP (City), Rohtak, Ramesh Kumar told PTI.