A man recently posted a video on Instagram in which he assigned 'rates' to foreign women tourists in Jaipur. Guru, identified with the username @guru__brand0000, posted several reels that were offensive to women. On the other side, the women tourists were unaware of Guru's intentions and hence reacted normally and smiled in the reels. However, he was detained on June 23 by police for harassing foreign women tourists and posting their videos online.
Man harasses and objectifies foreign women tourists
An X user flagged the incident and captioned the reel by invoking the Indian policy of Atithi Devo Bhava. He wrote, "Guys like these are the reason why international tourists have bad experiences in India. @jaipur_police should arrest this guy for harassing tourists and teach him basic civic sense and the meaning of Atithi Devo Bhava."
In the video, Guru can be seen recording himself with women tourists in Jaipur. Assigning rates to different women, Guru says, "Guys, you will get these women for Rs 150." Pointing out to individual women, Guru assigns different rates and says, "She is available for Rs 150, she is for Rs 200, you can get her for Rs 500 and this one is for Rs 300."
Since Guru was speaking in Hindi, none of the women tourists could decipher the offensive content of his video. Rather, they ignorantly waved in the video.
In another video, Guru went beyond limits by approaching a couple and saying that the woman tourist was his wife. He said, "Guys, she is my wife. He is my brother-in-law. How do you guys like him? My brother-in-law."
Guruhad posted several offensive videos like these in which he harassed female foreign tourists.
Police have also found that the man forcibly made foreign tourists to buy products from his shop in the Amer Market of Jaipur.
Reaction from netizens and Jaipur Police
The netizens are outraged by Guru's offensive content. They are demanding instant action from Jaipur Police by tagging them in their posts. One user wrote, "This kind of behaviour spoils the name of our city."
Jaipur Police had responded to the requests and posted on X saying, "Sir, the higher authorities have been informed for the appropriate legal action in the aforementioned matter."
This is not the first time that foreign women tourists have been harassed in India. Recently, a Spanish woman who was out on a bike tour with her husband was gangraped while her stay in Jharkhand's Dumka. Then a South Korean vlogger was harassed in Pune while she was filming a video and interacting with the locals. Rajasthan man flashed at Korean tourist. A British woman was groped by a local man and the woman ended up saying, "If you come to India, expect to be manhandled and groped.”
In fact, in 2020, a global index named the Women's Danger Index declared India as the ninth most dangerous country for women solo travellers.
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