Swara opens up on her shocking encounter with a masturbating drug addict

Actress Swara Bhasker was last seen in ‘Anaarkali Of Aarah’ in the role of a victim of sexual abuse and violence, seeking revenge in the movie. So in a recent interview with DNA, when the actress was asked if she has ever faced something like that in real life, she narrated a few disturbing incidents of a guy pinching her and another case when a drug addict masturbated in front of her.

She said, “I slapped a guy for pinching me in Old Delhi. There used to be a Sunday book bazaar there, so I caught hold of the guy. These people don’t expect women to react which is why it’s all the more important for women to react. Because the whole mentality of a molester, groper and an eve-teaser is the anonymity and the confidence that the girl won’t react. The moment you instil that fear in their head that the girl may react and she can beat the s**t out of them, they tend to stay away. I have hit people in Delhi, Chennai and sometimes, I have chased people. I have beaten someone with my umbrella in Mumbai.” (Also Read: Swara Bhasker starts an online petition to curb mob lynching)

She further added, “I was in a train alone – this was my first year in Mumbai – going somewhere to collect a cheque. I was in the first-class compartment and it was in the late afternoon, so it was empty. A drug addict got in and when I turned around, I see this man masturbating. For one second, I was scared. It took me a second to realise what was going on, I started yelling at him, and beating him with the umbrella. I tried to catch hold of his collar because I knew the moment the train stops, he will run. I knew I can get him to the police if I hold him back. But the moment the train slowed down, he realised I was holding him to get him to the police, and he jumped off from the other end of the compartment.”

Seriously, this woman is setting an example to many women out there who face these problems in their daily lives.

Prajakta Ajgaonkar

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