Representational Image: A stock shot of Connaught Place in New Delhi.
In a Facebook post that has gone viral (5,400 shares in 8 hours), a young woman in Delhi,
Radhika P Singh, writes that her friend was walking in Connaught Place in Delhi when a man "came and tried kissing her in broad daylight".
Ms Singh says her friend "got hold of the guy and started screaming at him, when some passersby came and helped her nab him. The worst mistake was to call the cops - they came 40 minutes after calling (she held onto him for that long) and the first thing the cops did was to take him inside his van and talk to him (now I know what they had discussed!)".
Ms Singh names the man and shows his photograph in the post, but because we do not have his version of the event, NDTV is not running his picture.
The blog describes the police's alleged inaction and harassment of the woman who had reportedly been harassed, included a police officer stating that "just trying to kiss a girl is NOT molestation"
"It felt as we were the criminals and he is the victim," the Facebook post says, adding, "My friend felt humiliated and afraid at the same time - humiliated because everyone of the people standing and watching the tamasha felt that we were overreacting - you know he is just a guy... let him go! And afraid that if we fight more she might end up being followed and harassed."
The post ends with Ms Singh asking, "Why am I bringing up my daughters in this godforsaken place?"