In all seven persons were arrested late Tuesday night for heckling former Miss India Universe Ushoshi Sengupta, assaulting an Uber driver and vandalising the cab. “A detailed inquiry is going on into the case,” joint commissioner of Kolkata Police, Crime, Praveen Tripathi said.
Sengupta, the winner of Miss India Universe pageant on 2010, was attacked on Monday night while coming back from a five-star hotel in Kolkata in an Uber cab.
“Seven persons have been arrested on Tuesday night for allegedly harassing the complainant, assaulting an Uber driver and vandalising the cab. A detailed inquiry is going on into the case,” Tripathi said.
Following the attack, the model-turned-actress posted about the incident on social media, which went viral, and recounting her ordeal, she said, “Last night 18th June 2019 at around 11:40 pm I took an uber from J W Marriott Kolkata to go back home after finishing work, since I work with the Media and Entertainment industry working late hours is necessary for my job profile. I was accompanied by my colleague. We were taking a left turn from the Exide crossing towards Elgin while few boys in a bike (without helmet ) came and hit the uber. To which they stopped the bike and started yelling at the driver.
“In a fraction of second, there were 15 boys and they all started banging the car window and dragging the driver out. They dragged the driver and started beating him up. This is when I stepped out and started shouting taking a video of the incident. I ran across the street to Maidan Police station, I saw an officer standing and I requested him to come with me, he told me that this is not under them but under the jurisdiction of Bhawanipore Police station. This is when I broke down I begged them to come or else the boys would have killed the driver. The officers came and held the boys saying why are they creating nuisance. The boys pushed the police officers and ran away. After everything was over two officers from Bhawanipore police station came, by then it was 12 am. I requested the driver to drop me and my colleague home and decided to take it up with the police station tomorrow morning.”
