Updated On: 03 August, 2024 03:25 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
Then some men even start pulling the bike backwards. Finally, the harassment stops after the woman falls into the water from the bike and is helped up

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In a scene right out of a horror movie, a woman riding pillion on a motorcycle was harassed by a group of men in a waterlogged area in Lucknow. Videos from the horror show men splashing water on the man and woman on the bike as the man struggles to negotiate a waterlogged road. Then some men even start pulling the bike backwards. Finally, the harassment stops after the woman falls into the water from the bike and is helped up.
The images and videos are absolutely shameful and fly in the face of all these talks about women’s safety and empowerment. It is stomach-churning simply to look at them. The woman could have easily broken a limb as she fell into the water. One can also imagine the psychological impact of this incident. The terror both must have felt as the asinine group splashed water on them and held the bike.