Gurgaon,January 02 :20 men assault woman and friend on MG Road.NEW YEAR hooliganism touched a new low in Gurgaon on Saturday night, where a group of about 20 men mobbed and molested a woman and assaulted her friend on the busy MG Road in full view of a 500- strong crowd.
The mob had gathered near the a posh mall, where a group of lawless men was running riot on the busy MG Road — all in the name of welcoming the New Year.
It was about 1 am. The young woman was returning from a popular pub along with her boyfriend. What they did not realise was that they were going to have the most horrible experience of their lives.
According to eyewitness accounts, the unruly revellers — many of whom were severely intoxicated — surrounded the couple and started to rough them up, pushing and shoving the duo. Among hundreds of others celebrating out on the streets of Gurgaon, a group of about 20 men grabbed the woman and tugged at her clothes while her boyfriend attempted to keep them away.
After having managed to separate the man from his girlfriend, the miscreants went after the woman, who had by then been pushed to the ground. An eyewitness said the mob was groping and grabbing the woman as if they intended to rape her.
When her boyfriend raised a hue and cry, the Gurgaon Police reached the spot. They had to resort to cane charge the mob to rescue the girl.
“ We’ve never come to Gurgaon before,” the crying woman said.
Despite the horrific incident, parts of which were caught on camera, the Gurgaon Police said they have not received a complaint from anyone — including the victims. “ If we receive any complaint from the victim or any other person, we will definitely take action against the culprits,” said Maheshwar Dayal, DCP ( east) Gurgaon.
He explained that the police could not register a specific case of molestation unless the victims approached them.
Apart from the hapless woman, some policemen also fell prey to the scores of people who had gathered at the mall to ring in the New Year.
In a separate incident at the same spot, a mob assaulted some policemen with sticks and rods after they were denied entry into the several clubs and malls in the area because of the rush.
Dayal said an FIR had been filed against unknown persons for rioting and assaulting police personnel at the Sector 29 police station.
Three policemen sustained head injuries and admitted to private hospitals where they are currently recuperating, Dayal added.
The ‘ millennium city’ is a popular destination for party- goers with its numerous pubs and clubs, but the rush tends to force many locations to only admit couples and refuse stag entries.
“ People make advance bookings to enjoy New Year parties.
We were running full capacity and therefore had no room to entertain those who turned up without reservation,” said Vinod Numberdar, owner of Blue Eyes Pub, located in the Sahara Mall on M. G. Road.
As a result of this the crowd spilled on to the M. G. Road. It comprised mainly of young party hoppers — many of them inebriated.
Police sources said the busy road was taken over by more than 500 revellers, bringing the traffic on the road to a grinding halt.
The police were forced to intervene on at least three occasions and resort to mild cane charge to disperse the crowd. Although many were simply dancing and celebrating on the road, as the crowds started to get unruly, some of the miscreants jumped on the bonnets and roofs of vehicles.
The Gurgaon Police had deployed extra force in the wake of New Year.
But it proved insufficient.
PAST IMPERFECT
On December 14, a bartender at a Gurgaon pub was raped by a radio cab driver at a Mehrauli farm house Five drunk youth abducted a girl, who was in a cab, from near Ghitorni Metro station in Gurgaon in July. She was rescued by the police after the cab driver informed the police On June 27, a 16- yearold girl was abducted and raped by three men in a moving car near Sabzi Mandi On February 7, a 24- year- old BPO employee was molested by a man near Dhaula Kuan On November 24, 2010, a girl was gang raped in a moving car by five men who dumped her at Mangolpuri