NEW DELHI, Mar 14 (IANS): A 22-year-old woman from Manipur was allegedly molested near Munirka bus stop in south Delhi, police said on Sunday.
According to police, Sonia (name changed), who lives with her sister in Munirka, was walking alone towards the bus stop around midnight on Saturday when a 28-year-old man molested her.
"Sonia goes to pick up her sister daily from Munirka bus stop around the same time. On Saturday night, she was molested by a man," said Madhu Chandra of the North East Support Centre, a help centre for the youth of northeast living in Delhi and NCR (National Capital Region).
According to Chandra, the woman shouted for help and her friends and people on the road came to her rescue.
"The people caught hold of the man and took him to a police station. The man lives in the same area and was known to the victim. A case has been registered in the Vasant Vihar police station," Chandra, to the whom girl turned for help after the incident, said.
Both the sisters have been living in a rented apartment in Munirka from last six years, he said.
"Panic has spread once again among Northeastern girls following the incident. Several cases of molestation have been reported from Murnika in past few months. A 19-year-old girl from Nagaland was murdered in October last year," he added.
