Mumbai Crime: Two 'drunk' men harass women over parking tiff; held

Andheri resident Ashmita Jaggi 28 who is an actor was hoping to have a girls night out on Saturday But before it could even begin their evening was soured by allegedly drunken men who harassed and threatened her and her friend over a parking spot on the busy Andheri Link road On Monday the Amboli police arrested the two accusedThe incident occurred on November 17 when Jaggi and her friends were heading to a restaurant located close to the Citi Mall on the Andheri Link road She waited outside for a red Hyundai Eon to move so she could park while some of her friends went in to get a table A woman who was seated in the car asked them to wait for her boys whod be there any minuteRomi KohliDetailing the incident Jaggi later wrote in a Facebook post We patiently waited After 10 minutes I witnessed a heavy man waddling his way to the drivers seat He started the car and reversed itbefore I knew it he bangs into my car from behind I get out of the car and yell You are clearly drunk and youve just banged my car Wake up let someone else driveWhile Im saying this one man and his friend Bunty come to me and start apologizing for the hit I calm my nerves somehow and get back into my cartake it a little ahead But Mr drunk Romi sir doesnt budge He refuses to move from the drivers seat Im scared hes either going to bash my car again or maybe kill someone else on the road because of his drunken stateBunty MadhraniHurling abusesJaggi then asked the two men whod apologised to her to get someone sober to drive However because they too were horribly drunk they chose to start hurling abuses bang my car show offensive gestures and threaten to harm us We immediately informed the police took a video recording of the harassment She refused to leave from the spot and the tiff continued for half an hourA crowd of around 60 people gathered on the busy street All these spectators kept urging us to leave because we were all girls and these idiots were drunks who were capable of harming us So to save ourselves we had to leave Jaggi wrote in the postAshmita JaggiAccused arrestedWhile she attached a one minute 54 second video about the incident on Facebook her friend Benaaz Irani tweeted to the Mumbai police with pictures of the cars number plate Cops immediately swung into actionPI Daya Nayak of Amboli police station said As soon as the victims friend alerted us on Twitter on Saturday we reached out to her and the victim to file a case We were ready to send our team to their residence to record the statementOn Monday morning she came to the police station to file a case and we have booked both the accused under sections 509 word gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman 427 mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees and 34 common intention of the Indian Penal Code On Monday evening the Amboli police arrested the two accused namely Romi Kohli who works at a call centre and Bunty Madhrani a real estate agentAfter filing the case Jaggi said I filed an FIR because such kind of behaviour should not be tolerated One has to be responsible I couldnt sleep because of the way both the men had verbally abused me and made obscene gestures at me I want both of them to be punishedThe other sideSpeaking to midday on Sunday one of the accused Romi Kohli said We didnt do anything She began verbally abusing us first over a parking issue She pushed me as well but we dont have any video recording from our side to publicise the issue Im ready to apologise to her Bunty the other accused said I apologised to her right then and Im ready to say sorry even now It began with a parking issue our vehicle did bang her car but there was no damage I said sorry to both her and her friend but she got angry and pushed my friend Romy who fell I got angry because I was drunkCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and also a complete guide on Mumbai from food to things to do and events across the city here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates