3 men, including ‘politician’s son’ strip, flash bystander, harass constable

In another incident that questions the safety of citizens a family including a sevenyearold girl were subjected to foul language and the childrsquos father was manhandled when they objected to a trio of men allegedly urinating and holding their private parts at Carter Road The incident on Tuesday took place around 9 pm at a skating ground where many people go for walks and the spot is diagonally opposite the office of the Additional Commissioner of Mumbai Police West RegionThe trio were allegedly inebriated but one of them asked a constable who arrived there to speak to his lsquopolitician motherrsquo and managed to flee While another man also managed to flee the police arrested the third who got off on bail the next dayA screen grab from a video of the incidentThe sevenyearold daughter of the man who was manhandled by the three men pleaded with them not to hit her father but ldquothey did not listen to anyone and continued to raise their voicesrdquo said a witnessThe three men were identified as Arafat Shaikh Sunny Carvalho and Joseph Gomes All of them are in their early 20s The witness told midday that Arafat was dragged to Bandra police station ldquoBut the other two fled as one of them allegedly has political backing and managed to get the constable to talk to his motherrdquo the witness Ashfaq Hussain told middayAshfaq HussainThe prime accused Carvalho allegedly took off his Tshirt and moved closer to the complainant and her sevenyearold daughter to scare them The incident was captured in multiple videos by witnesses which are in possession of middayWhen confrontedldquoMy daughter noticed the trio doing something unusual and brought it to my notice When I saw I felt awkward So I told my husband who questioned the trio They were holding their genitals for 25 minutes and pretended to be peeing in a public place where we sit every day on the skating groundrdquo said the woman who registered an FIR at Bandra police station on August 31The girl noticed the unusual behaviour and brought it to her motherrsquos notice PicPradeep DhivarldquoMy dad tried to make them the boys understand but they were not listening to us So we called the police and in front of the police one of them took off his Tshirt and shouted at my parents They were using bad words I got scaredrdquo recalled her daughterThe girlrsquos father said ldquoI just went to tell them not to urinate at a place where people often sit But they picked up a fight and manhandled me One of them removed his Tshirt in front of everyone One constable was there but he could not stop himrdquoAccused threatensldquoThe man who took off the Tshirt is Sunny Carvalho He said at least 10 people pee there and asked me why I caught him He said lsquojao jake case karo apne baap ko bhi bula ke laorsquo while his friend Shaikh asked me lsquowar karne ka hairsquo And they were very aggressiverdquo added the manldquoAfter they were caught the prime accused justified his deed claiming he has a kidney stonerdquo said the woman The street lamps around the skating ground at Carter Road are often found switched off and that encourages antisocial elements to harass evening walkers claimed localsldquoThe darkness encourages antisocial elements who gather there to pass lewd comments The boys are often high on drugs but the cops do nothing Children go there every day The safety of women and children is at risk in this place which is hardly 50metres away from the additional CPrsquos office on Carter Road Now I am scared to take my children to this place Who will ensure our safety as the cops allowed two of the trio including the prime suspect to escape said HussainldquoThe prime suspect called his mother who he said is a politician He handed over his phone to a constable who allowed him to leave from the spot Why was he allowed to go He has been named in the FIR but was never arrested Whyrdquo he askedCops lateThe complainant woman told midday that the situation was so uncontrollable that the constable had to call in for reinforcements ldquoAnd the other police reached after 30 minutes How long does it take to reach from Bandra police to Carter Roadrdquo she askedldquoAfter we reached police station the cops made us wait for 30 minute My statement was manipulated in the FIR as per the desire of a male police officer at the Bandra police station No woman police constable recorded my statement I donrsquot know what all they wrote in the FIR as I donrsquot understand Marathirdquo she said The FIR a copy of it is with this reporter only mentions that the complainant objected to the trio who were peeing at the spot and verbal and physical altercation followedHussain added ldquoThe trio should have been booked under stringent sections of the POCSO Act and molestation but Bandra police booked them under all bailable sections of IPC Only Shaikh was arrested in the night but he was also allowed to go on bail in the morningrdquo said Hussain who is also a social activist in BandraHe claimed the police have been calling him at odd hours to assist them in the investigation as a witness ldquoOn the one hand they are letting the prime accused go free but harassing me late in the night Senior officers must look into thisrdquo he addedWhen contacted zonal DCP Manjunath Singe said he was busy in the Governorrsquos programmeAug 30When the incident took place at night