I normally don’t post on twt, but the traumatising incident that i faced today at the Delhi Metro deserves the attention. This is going to be a long thread so pls bear w me.
While travelling on the yellow line today, I faced sexual harassment at the Jor Bagh Station (1/n)

— Advaita Kapoor (@KapoorAdvaita) June 2, 2022

The man had asked for my help w an address during the metro ride. I helped him, then got off at my station and sat on the platform to book a cab. The man approached me again at the station under the garb of confirming the address. Believing dat he needed help.. (2/n)

— Advaita Kapoor (@KapoorAdvaita) June 2, 2022

I peered into his file that he was trying to show me. At this point I noticed that he was trying to thrust his uncovered penis in my face. He attempted to do this thrice. As soon as I noticed, I got up and ran bc I ws scared & couldnt think str8. I approached a policeman… (3/n)

— Advaita Kapoor (@KapoorAdvaita) June 2, 2022

…standing on the platform, but he flatly refused to help me and asked me to go upstairs to talk about it. I was still scared but I somehow managed to go upstairs and found other policemen. I asked dem to take me to the cctv room so dat I could recognise him. They did and..(4/n)

— Advaita Kapoor (@KapoorAdvaita) June 2, 2022

…I recognised him too. The entire incident was captured on the camera but then we saw him get into a different metro and leave. I asked them to do something about it but instead they started victim blaming me and said dat I shouldve created a scene & tht theres nothing…(5/n)

— Advaita Kapoor (@KapoorAdvaita) June 2, 2022

….they can do now since he managed to leave. Ultimately, I got no help from the @OfficialDMRC police. I am now extremely paranoid and scared to step out of my house. This was probably not the first time this man did something like this. It was 2pm when this happened… (6/n)

— Advaita Kapoor (@KapoorAdvaita) June 2, 2022

Ive been using the metro for yrs & this 1 incident has completely shaken up my belief that metros are safe.
Nobody knows how many other women he has done this to. It’s ridiculous how easy it is to terrorise women in broad daylight in a public place. (7/n)

— Advaita Kapoor (@KapoorAdvaita) June 2, 2022

He mightve gone away but it’s important that this reaches the right authorities & the @OfficialDMRC & @DelhiPolice atleast know how pathetic their so called safety measures are. It’s bare min to have security personnel at every platform. Tag authorities to make this happen (8/n)

— Advaita Kapoor (@KapoorAdvaita) June 2, 2022