Bengaluru moved into 2017 with horrific incidents of molestation marring its New Year’s eve celebrations. According to a Bangalore Mirror report, the city’s most bustling regions of MG Road and Brigade road saw thousands of males mobbing the revellers, and groping and trash talking the women in the streets on Saturday night even as a large sum of policemen were deployed in the area. Even though the New Year crowd in the city is always unruly, the deadline for celebrations this time were extended till 2 am this year, reportedly pressurized from some of the commercial establishments, especially the drinking joints in the central division. Bengaluru police had earlier announced that all of their forces will be patrolling area to ensure incident-free championship. Even though 1,500 policemen were found in the area, unruly men on bikes, cars is without a doubt foot, far outnumbered the entire group. The policemen largely remained a spectator and intervened only intermittently as men went concerning their hooliganism. Some women, influenced by the report, had to think about off their stilettos and run for help. Significantly, police said there may be no official cases of molestation and harassment registered with them despite several eyewitness accounts and photographic evidence. The police admitted to helping out women in distress who reached out to them, but denied getting any calls complaining of molestation. But most of the police personnel on duty narrated stories of chasing away men trying to take advantage of women.
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