Mangaluru Police have arrested 41 year-old Hussain for physically molesting a woman in a bus.
The incident took place on January 14 while the victim was travelling in a bus in Deralakatte, Mangaluru. Hussain allegedly sat next to her on the bus and physically molested her. When the woman objected to his behaviour, he got down from the bus but followed her and got into another bus and harassed her once again. According to the victim, neither the passengers nor the staff of the bus did anything to stop the accused.
The victim then shared a post titled “It is not easy to be a woman” on social media app Instagram about her experience, along with the accused’s photo. The accused even posed for a photograph after she had told him that she would be posting this on social media.
“It is normal for every woman’s especially for woman’s who use public transportation, being touched by unknown man/boy. 99% of the woman’s don’t react just because it will effect their future. What about man he will keep doing it irrespective of their ages. Unfortunately I also had to go through the same incident today (not first time though) but this fellow inspite of me insulting him soo much publicly he kept chasing me n try to baseat me. Look at the way he is posing for the picture. When I told him I will post your pic [sic]”, she had posted on Instagram. The post soon went viral.
The police apprehended the accused, who is a resident of Kerala, based on the Instagram post. In a press conference called by the police, the woman who was harassed by Hussain punched the accused in front of the police.