Woman molested in Malad pub alleges owners deleted CCTV footage to save culprit

A 21yearold woman has lodged an FIR with the Bangur Nagar police alleging that an unknown person who could possibly be from her group of friends molested her in a pub in Malad She claims she tried to look for the accused by asking the pub for CCTV footage but the management refused to give it to her citing concerns of privacyThe woman says the incident occurred on September 30 at Agent Jacks in Malad WestAs per the woman she visited the pub Agent Jacks which is located on Link Road in Malad West on September 30 with some of her friends Three days later she went to the same place met the owner Dibyendu Bindal and told him that on her last visit someone had molested her She asked Bindal for CCTV footage of the two hours she was at the club that day as she wanted to know who the molester wasThe woman is seeking footage of the two hours she was at the Agent Jacks on September 30 to look for her molesterBindal allegedly told the woman they cant give the footage citing privacy reasons He asked her to go to the police and assured he would cooperate with them in the caseSeeking politicos helpHowever instead of going to the police first the woman approached a local politician who accompanied her to the club to ask for the footage but Bindal gave the politician the same reason for not being able to provide it The woman finally approached the cops the same day and filed a complaint against an unknown personAlso read Mumbai crime Uber driver molests Italian woman during 15minute ride homeThe woman told cops she suspects the molester could be someone from the group of friends she went to the club with which is why shes insisting on seeing the footage She has also told cops that Bindal has allegedly deleted the footage for the day the incident occurred to save the culprits which is why he isnt providing her with a copy Based on her complaint the police have also added section 201 in the FIRCops probe allegationsIt has been filed under sections 354 Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty and 201 Causing disappearance of evidence of offence or giving false information to screen offender of the Indian Penal CodeWe will investigate the allegations made by the woman If it is found that the footage was deleted to save the accused even he the owner can be named in the FIR said senior inspector Santosh Bhandare from Bangur Nagar police station When midday contacted the woman she said she would revert back but later did not answer calls or messagesAlso read Social media forces Uber to suspend driver who molested woman in MumbaiTrying to retrieve dataMeanwhile Bindal said If such an incident had happened she should have informed us at that time itself We have our guards who would have helped her We also suggested to her that since we cant give the CCTV footage she should go to the police station and we will cooperate with the copsAs far as the allegation regarding the deletion of the footage is concerned Bindal said it gets overwritten after a certain point of time due to small memory storage space Despite this we are trying to retrieve the deleted data with the help of technicians after the police approached us said BindalAlso view Mumbai 12 cases of molestation on local trains