Caught On Cam: Lucknow Men Grope Woman Riding Pillion On Flooded Road

In a shameful video, a woman who was riding a pillion with a man on a flooded road in Lucknow was groped. The video has gone viral which shows the group of men splashing water on the bike riders, trying to pull the bike from behind and groping the woman. The Lucknow Police has responded and is going to take action. 

As per the reports, the woman was sitting on the backseat of the bike while they were crossing the Taj Hotel Bridge in Lucknow. The road was flooded and a group of mischievous men tried to harass them. They went to the extent that the man and the woman fell from the bike. 

The video of the chaos

The man tried to help the woman stand back up. The horror scene finally ended with police intervention. The video was first shared by news agency Indo Asian News Service. 

Lucknow: A viral video shows people mistreating a woman during rain and causing a ruckus under the Taj Hotel bridge. Police intervened, dispersed the crowd, and are identifying those involved pic.twitter.com/7TJxUYKmIv

— IANS (@ians_india) July 31, 2024

The Lucknow police reacted to the video and posted it on X saying, "The Gomti Nagar police station immediately reached the spot and dispersed the crowd. On the basis of CCTV footage, the people creating chaos have been identified and action is being taken against them. At present, the situation is peaceful." 

Have we forgotten humanity?

How low could society fall that a woman trying to traverse a flooded road is groped by a man? Have we really forgotten the basic humanity? Women are groped almost everywhere and now they are targeted in a climate crisis too. That's why women are not safe even in the case of emergencies. We have read histories of how women have been targeted during times of emergencies like partition, refugees, wars and more. How can men be so insensitive to further intensify the pain and discomfort of women in cases of climate crisis or other emergencies?

This only shows that they do not consider women as humans with the right to safety. They just see them as sex objects available wherever possible. But you know what? We aren't sex objects. It is a repeated statement but it needs to be repeated and with greater intensity than the previous time until the glass ceilings and walls reverberate and break with the power of women claiming agency. 

Views expressed are the author's own.