The Railway Police Force (RPF) in Mumbai, reacted with disdain and indifference after a complaint of an alleged molestation. RPF personnel asked a man who had witnessed the incident where a foreigner was molested to let it go, since “children” were involved. This particular incident took place on platform no 4, of Ghatkopar. A foreigner alighted from the ladies’ compartment of the train when the boys standing at the door of the compartment targeted the woman. Two of the teenagers pulled her t-shirt. Another boy groped her. A witness complained to the RPF, but to no avail.

In another case, a group of three men allegedly molested a 27-year-old, who tried saving a youth they were assaulting. When she went to the police station, a brazen police sub-inspector refused to register a molestation case, giving a bizarre reason that being touched inappropriately by a group of men was not sexual assault or a crime.