Harassed South Korean YouTuber is a brave woman; vows to continue showing wonderful India
This happened to me in another country too but couldn't do anything to call police. In India, action is quick: Victim H Park
NEW DELHI: Despite no formal complaint against the two vagabonds who on Wednesday night harassed the South Korean YouTuber woman H Park (we have hidden the full name and face of the victims as the identity of the sexually harassed woman cannot be disclosed per Indian laws) in the Mumbai streets in full public view when she was live streaming, the area police swung into action and took Suo Moto action against the accused, and arrested them.
With hardly a scratch of fear on her face, the victim said on Thursday that she will continue her passion to show the “wonderful India” and one bad incident will not ruin that for her. She said the police took prompt action as opposed to another country where she couldn’t even call the police.
“Happened to me in another country too but at that time I couldn’t do anything to call the police. In India, the action being taken very quickly. I have been in Mumbai for over three weeks, planning to stay longer,” the YouTuber told news agency ANI.
As a piece of advice to the foreigners who are planning to visit India in time to come, she said, “India has such a lovely places and people. I am so sad that this negative video got viral to show India but if you all my streams, 99% I met amazing people, I visited beautiful places, I tried very delicious food like pani-poori, and chai.”
The Mumbai Police arrested two men named Mobeen Chand Mohammad Shaikh and Mohammad Naqeeb Sadrealam Ansari and an FIR was registered under section 354 of the Indian Penal Code. The duo was sent to one-day police custody, after which they will be lodged in jail confinement, and face court trail.
As per Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage her modesty, could be punished with imprisonment of either for up to two years, or with fine, or with both.
The Mumbai police’s official Twitter handle said earlier, “Mumbai Police’s Khar Police station has taken a Suo Moto action in an incident that happened with a Korean woman (foreigner) in the jurisdiction of Khar West. In this regard, both the accused have been arrested and booked under relevant sections of the IPC.”
The police action followed immediately after the video of the incident went viral on social media after a user named Aditya shared it on micro blogging platform Twitter.
The local media reported that the one-minute-long undated video shows a young man offering a lift to the woman by grabbing her hand even as she objects. Park is seen keeping her calm even when he tries to come close to her. Later in the video, she is able to dodge him and begins to walk away as she says on the stream, “Time to go home”. But soon the man, along with another person on a bike, follows her and offers the lift again. “Come, this seat,” he says in broken English to which she replies her vehicle is parked nearby.
Park said she will continue to follow her passion to show India to other countries and keep on travelling the country. “I don’t want this one bad incident to ruin my whole travel and my passion to show wonderful India to other countries,” she said.
