At a time when incidents such as rapes and molestation are on the rise across the country, a fearless girl in Maharashtra has set an example for those who look up to the government and society for their safety.
When attacked by a drunk man at Mumbai’s Kandivali station earlier this week, Pradnya Mandhare did not only singlehandedly fight him off but also dragged him by his hair to the nearest police station.
20-year old Mandhare, a third-year Bachelor of Mass Media student at Sathaye College in Vile Parle, got down at the Kandivali station while going to her home in Borivali from her college.
While she was waiting for another train at around 2:30 pm, a drunk man approached her and started touching her “inappropriately”.
“When I tried to avoid him, he grabbed me. I was shocked for a couple of seconds, but then I started hitting him with my bag,” a newspaper quoted the student as saying.