The two sisters Pooja (left) and Aarti (right) were showered with praise
for their courage in standing up to the harassment. Haryana CM Manohar
Lal Khattar said the women will be given a cash award on Republic Day Jan 26,2015
Haryana
Police have arrested three men after a video of them harassing two
sisters on a Haryana Roadways bus went viral on social media.
The
two college girls can be seen fighting back to repel their attackers,
while their fellow passengers turn a blind eye to the violence.
The three men have been remanded in judicial custody till December 06,2014
The two sisters, BSc final
year students of Rohtak Government College, had confronted the men after
being harassed, with one even hitting the youths with her belt.
The victims,
in their complaint, alleged that they were teased by some youths in a
Haryana Roadways bus when they were going to their college on Friday Nov 28,2014
When the victims objected, one of the accused started beating them up.
The incident, recorded by a pregnant woman passenger on her mobile, went viral on social media and television.
Sisters Pooja, 19, left, and Aarti, 22, right, were filmed beating up a
group of men who were verbally and physically abusing them on a bus in
Rohtak, a district in the northern state of Haryana
Amid
public outrage over the incident, the Director General of Haryana
Transport department has ordered the suspension of bus driver Balwan
Singh and conductor Labh Singh with immediate effect.
Taking
serious note of the incident, the Haryana government asked the state
Director General of Police (DGP) and the transport department to ensure
the security of passengers, especially women
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