Police sources said that the incident occurred on Tuesday night at around 10 pm and was reported to police on Wednesday. Lami Kim (name changed), the victim complained to DLF Phase-I police station and the police arrested one Dinesh Kumar in this connection. She lives in a rented accommodation in Sikanderpur area of Gurgaon.
The victim has alleged that she was molested and beaten up brutally by one Dinesh Kumar who also lives in her neighborhood. She in her complaint to police said after a brief tiff with Dinesh, she was molested and brutally beaten up by him. The victim is a native of Manipur works in a private firm in the city, while Dinesh Kumar hails from Madhubani in Bihar. “A case of molestation under section-294,323 of IPC has been registered in DLF Phase-I police station.
Following such incident the Gurgaon police have taken steps to curb such incident. Gurgaon Police Commissioner KK Sandhu said keeping in view the safety and security of women in the city, a total of three PCR vans have been deployed for patrolling round the clock at MG road. Absence of street lights on MG road makes it more vulnerable during nights. Anti-social elements use this stretch to carry out robberies and other criminal activities during nights.
Taking a cue from the recent rape incidents in the city, owners of shopping malls, pubs and other commercial establishments have been directed to restrict the working hours of female employees upto 8 pm. If they have to employee women staff beyond the time, the permission of the labour department will be required. These directions were issued by the Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner PC Meena on Wednesday. Expressing concern over eve-teasing and molestation cases, Meena issued many ‘dos and donts’ for shopping mall owners and pub operators.
PC Meena issued a press relaese which mentioned that if women employees are deputed on duty during the night shift, that is, after 8 p.m, her safe transportation from her home to place of duty and vice versa will be the responsibility of the employer who will have to keep a daily record of the vehicle used. The registration number of the vehicle, time of departure, name of driver who is entrusted the task of picking up or dropping the women employees, should also be recorded.
Meena directed the pub operators to keep proper records of visitors. They should keep a photocopy of the identity card, address proof of the customer or the visitor and get it checked from the SHO concerned in every 15 days.
He also directed the mall owners to install CCTV cameras in their malls in such a way that no corner of the mall is left out of its view and the camera should have a backup of minimum 30 days. He also laid emphasis upon checking for drunk and driving at night.
Verification of bouncers working in the mall has also been made mandatory. These orders are applicable to all malls and pubs operating in district Gurgaon, Meena added.
Meanwhile, a large number of people from different NGOs and RWAs on Wednesday evening assembled at Sahara Mall to protest against increasing number of crimes against women. They carried out a candle march and raised slogans against condemning Gurgaon police and city administration to control such crimes.