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| The spot where the public masturbation incident took place in Mumbai – Tweeted by Maryanna Abdo |
Staff correspondent, August 17, 2015, NewsCrunch
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devedra Fadnavis asked Police to probe a complaint made by an American woman that an unidentified Mumbai youth had publicly masturbated at her.
He has directed Joint Commissioner of Police Deven Bharti to probe the matter.
A Mumbai man allegedly jerked off at Maryanna Abdo, a writer who works out of Mumbai occasionally, on Monday.
Though she tried to catch him, he managed to escape.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devedra Fadnavis asked Police to probe a complaint made by an American woman that an unidentified Mumbai youth had publicly masturbated at her.
He has directed Joint Commissioner of Police Deven Bharti to probe the matter.
A Mumbai man allegedly jerked off at Maryanna Abdo, a writer who works out of Mumbai occasionally, on Monday.
Though she tried to catch him, he managed to escape.
She posted his photo on Twitterand asked other Twitter users to retweet it to try to trace him.
Though the photo went viral, NewsCrunch decided not to publish it as it could not independently verify the story.
The incident allegedly took place at 7. 40 am at Colaba.
Maryanna Abdo graciously said she would not blame the country for the incident as it happened elsewhere as well. However, women in
Her complaint is the third incident of public masturbation reported in the last few months.
In July, a
In May, a blog written by a British travel blogger Lucy Hemmings describing her disgusting experience went viral. She said, she was sitting at a bus stop in Mumbai, when an Indian man started masturbating while staring directly at her.
Twitter support for Maryanna Abdo aftrer she goes tweets about her ugly experience
@MaryAbdo Noted.CM @Dev_Fadnavis has directed Joint CP Deven Bharti to look into it.Please follow us so that we will DM you contact details.— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) August 17, 2015@MaryAbdo its a Shame for us 😔— Mayur Kalyani (@mayur_kalyani) August 17, 2015@MaryAbdo it's a request plZ pursue the case till its logical end. This shamelessness has to be dealt with firmly.— Jokendra Jadhav (@rahul4change) August 17, 2015@MaryAbdo shame on him.. Pervert like him should get punishment .. Great work Ms. Maryanna ..everybody will look for him now.— Mayank (Petrol++) (@Mayankaryan084) August 17, 2015@MaryAbdo His dressing suggests he was out of home only for THIS purpose.— Azhar Khan (@Azharkh4) August 17, 2015@MaryAbdo Is he a human..??— Sa Chin (@SparrowSachin) August 17, 2015@MaryAbdo brave u post it. He shud feel ashamed. Don't knw about justice but awareness is necessary. For future revolution to take place.— SONALI DAYAL (@BALLSYLASSIE) August 17, 2015