Agra journalist stalked by drunk men on bike, she attacks UP cops in Facebook post

A woman journalist in Agra was allegedly stalked and harassed by two motorcycle-borne drunken youths in Agra. The matter, however, came to light after she took to Facebook on January 28 to narrate the incident.

The woman on her Facebook post wrote that on the night of January 25 as she was going from Bhagwan Talkies to MG Road in Agra, two drunk men started following her and making lewd gestures.

"They first made gestures at me and started stalking me. I was on foot. Initially, I ignored them, but then they attempted to talk to me. Fearful, I changed my route, but they still followed me. I decided to take a picture of the number plate, but the man sitting on the pillion said it was a fake number and even struck a pose. There was no fear or shame on the youths' face.

She also tagged SSP Agra, women helpline, director general of UP police and chief minister Yogi Adityanath, and further wrote: "What happened to me that night was not such a big incident. But such men who chase and stalk a lone woman without any fear of police made me ashamed. They chased me. The next time they might rape a girl and destroy her life."

It was only four days later on Monday that the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) arrested the accused in the case.

"We got the information of the incident by a tweet. Based on that, we contacted the lady and filed an FIR. The accused were arrested and booked for stalking and harassing. Their vehicle has been seized," Shlok Kumar, ASP Agra, told ANI.

Uttar Pradesh is among the top three states in the country when it comes to crime against women, according to the last National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data.

As per the NCRB data, reported a 33% rise in sexual harassment cases from 2014 to 2015. The data also shows that 74% of these cases went unpunished.

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