A 16-year-old boy was sexually assaulted and chased by a man in Delhi Metro on Friday (May 3). The incident took place at usually crowded Central Delhi’s Rajiv Chowk metro station. The teenager boarded the yellow line heading towards Samaypur Badli from Rajiv Chowk between 8:30 to 9:30 pm to reach Kashmere Gate.
Delhi police have said that they are trying to reach out to the boy to look into the matter.
What happened?
The teenager took the case to social media. “I just got assaulted in Delhi Metro right now at Rajiv chowk station. I am a 16-year-old boy and I was travelling alone in the metro,” he tweeted. He further alleged that the man tried touching his private parts. “I felt something on my bottom as soon as I entered the train but I brushed it off thinking it’s someone’s bag or someone mistouched me but I was wrong…I was terrified,” the boy wrote in another tweet.
As per the 16-year-old, the guards escorted him to the next train while the man chased him. “As soon as I reached my station (Kashmere gate) I got out and tried to go the opposite way trying to trick him and it worked for a while but eventually I had to go to the yellow line and he caught me on my way. I got on the escalator as fast as I could,” he said.
The boy even shared the photo of the man. “I had enough and I grabbed his hair and clicked a picture of him. I was scared and shaking but I did it anyway. After that I waited a while there and he tried to argue but nothing happened,” he said.
(with inputs from ANI)