Indore's '56 Dukaan' food street was in the news for the wrong reasons after a young woman made a video visiting the place in revealing clothes. On Friday, the Madhya Pradesh Police registered a case against the woman following outcry from different quarters over her action.
The woman's decision to visit the Indore food street scantily clad was objected to by organisations including the BJP, Bajrang Dal, and some local women's organisations. A first information report (FIR) under section 296 (obscene act in a public place) was registered against her, the in-charge of the Tukoganj police station told the news agency PTI.
The MP Police recorded statements of people from the organisations who approached them before booking the woman. They have alleged that a young woman roaming in a public place in short clothes amounted to obscenity.
The woman uploaded the videos of her moving around in Meghdoot Chaat-Chowpatty and '56 Dukan', a well-known street food spots, under the title 'Public Reaction'. Speaking in Hindi on social media, she claimed to be a Dubai resident.
The woman later apologised and took down the videos from her social media accounts. "I should not wear such clothes in a public place. Whoever has been hurt, be it an organization, Bajrang Dal, men and women or people of the society, I would like to apologize.
"...leave me alone, I want to commit suicide. I will not make such a mistake again nor will I come to a public place wearing such clothes. I have no right to live in the society, I am ashamed of this," the girl reportedly said in her apology video.