The girls, who are budding DJs themselves, are in trauma. "I shudder to think what the rowdies would have done to us if some passersby hadn't stopped to help. We could have been raped, murdered and God knows what else!" one of them said. The other girl has a broken nose after being punched by the assailants.
The lone accused to be arrested—23-year-old tailor Rahim Mollah—told police that he and his friends were "celebrating" his purchase of a new bike.
The victims are with a music performance group and were returning from a college fest in Chandrakona, West Midnapore. Half way home, they stopped at a restaurant in Kolaghat, 70km from Kolkata, for a quick dinner. The harassment started here. "Six young men at the table next to ours started hurling indecent words at us, particularly the girls. Without saying anything, we left the place," said DJ Sudip Ghosh, who headed the group. "They were leering at us all through and used filthy language," said one of the girls.
The group got back in their car and set off for Kolkata. The six men followed on three bikes. They tried to intercept the car, veered dangerously, and threatened the driver to stop. The DJs asked him to speed up, and the chase went on for 19km at speeds in excess of 100kmph. "In the car, the girls were panicking. We have had never such an experience," said Ghosh.
All the while, they kept dialing 100 but every time police personnel said they would forward the complaint to the "right police station". "We got more panicky after this," said Ghosh. "It was a hellish ride. All the while, they kept thumping on the car windows as the girls screamed in fear inside."
The bikes kept pace with the car, which finally had to stop at Bir Shivpur because of a truck that suddenly emerged from a service road. They started smashing the windows, dragged the driver out and beat him up. When Ghosh tried to help him, he was beaten up. The girls, screaming in terror, locked themselves in. Many motorists passed by but no one stopped to help. The girls finally got out to help the two men.
"The youth immediately surrounded us and tried to drag us to their bikes. When we resisted, they beat us," said a girl. Finally, workers of a factory and hotel and NHAI employees working on a bridge site responded to their calls for help. "I saw a girl collapse on the ground after being hit," said factory worker Kartik Das. Seeing themselves outnumbered, the bikers sped away, but in their hurry, they dropped a mobile phone.
Police used it to locate Mollah, a resident of Uluberia. Mollah admitted having a few drinks with friends but denied molesting anyone. He and his friends got into a scuffle with the group because their car wasn't letting them pass on the highway, he said.
Howrah ASP-rural Sukhendu Hira said: "We have zeroed in on the gang and the other five will be arrested soon. A case has been started under Sections 354 (molestation), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 325 (grievous hurt)."
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