Bengaluru: In another shocker, burqa-clad woman sexually assaulted; people protest over rising crimes

Bengaluru: In an unprecedented move, people of Bangalore today hit back at the rising crimes against women in the city. Students were seen holding banners to protest the atrocious molestations that have come to light in the past few days.  The protests come after where only on January 5 police arrested four persons in connection with the groping and assault of a woman by two scooter-borne men near her home in Kammanahalli on New Year's Eve. (ANI Photo) While on the night of December 31 on M G Road and Brigade Road, several women were allegedly molested and groped and lewd remarks passed by miscreants. (ANI Photo) On January 6, in another shocker from Bengaluru, a burqa-clad woman, was allegedly assaulted near her home, even as the IT city was coming to terms with the horrific incidents of mass molestation on New Year's Eve that triggered public outrage. In a CCTV footage captured from a home, the woman was seen heading towards a bus stop near her residence on a deserted road and was being followed by a man who, after a short while, walks away nonchalantly. The man then allegedly tried to molest her and escaped from the scene when street dogs started barking, fearing that people from nearby houses may come out, according to police. TV channels showed the woman with injuries on her lips, tongue, hand and toes which she reportedly suffered as she tried to resist him. She was taken to a hospital for treatment. Police officials said they have taken up the case and an investigation was on. It comes as another shocker from the country's IT capital, where only on Thursday police arrested four persons in connection with the groping and assault of a woman by two scooter-borne men near her home in Kammanahalli on New Year's Eve. For more details: More New Year's Eve shame: In Delhi, 2 men try to pull down woman riding pillion on bike These incidents have come to light even as police were investigating incidents on the night of December 31 on M G Road and Brigade Road where several women were allegedly molested and groped and lewd remarks passed by miscreants, despite the presence of 1,500 police personnel to control the unruly New Year revellers. For more details: Bengaluru: Women molested, groped on streets in police presence on New Year's Eve