Bengali actress Kanchana Moitra molested at midnight, was asked to do 40 sit-ups

New Delhi: Kanchana Moitra, a Bengali actress faced a terrible time after completing her shoot schedule in Kolkata. She was allegedly molested on her way back home past midnight. 

In an interview with The Telegraph, Kanchana narrated her horrid experience. She has been quoted as saying, "Two youths appeared and one of them accused the driver of almost mowing him down. They were drunk."

The actress in her police complaint maintained that three drunken men had stopped her car near Siriti crossing at 1 am when it had brushed past a man standing on the road.

The incident took place close to Tollygunge while she was returning home to her Behala residence in south-west part of the city. She was on her way back home after completing her shoot shortly past midnight on Tuesday and two persons have already been arrested in this connection, the police said.

According to PTI, the men snatched the keys of the vehicle, dragged her out and touched her inappropriately, an officer of Behala Police Station, where a case has been lodged.

The actress further told the The Telegraph, "I was returning from a shoot.... I'm otherwise a brave woman but I was scared after the car key was taken away. I got off the car with my driver and pleaded before them with folded hands. We requested them to forgive us if there was any mistake by my driver. But they assaulted my driver. One of them grabbed my shoulder and shoved me. They told me that I had to slap my driver 10 times and he had to slap me back 10 times. Then I was asked to do 40 squats. If they didn't like my squats, I'd have to do 40 more."

"We have arrested two of the accused and looking for the third one," DC (Behala) Meeraz Khalid said adding that the duo have been sent to two days of police custody.

A case has been registered against them under IPC sections 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), the DC said.

(With PTI inputs)