Mumbai: A journalist and his wife were today attacked by six men after he objected to lewd remarks passed at her at Sainath Market in suburban Malad, police said.
Police arrested one person while search was on for the remaining five.
Malad police said Sanjay Prasad, a journalist with a Hindi news channel, and his wife were shopping at the market when a young man allegedly passed a lewd comment at his wife.
The young man walked away only to return with five others who attacked the couple after threatening them with dire consequences, police said.
Prasad, though bleeding, called the police who the tracked down Vijay Bahadur Singh, one of the men.
A case has been registered under Indian Penal Code sections 354 (assaulting woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 324 (causing hurt by dangerous weapons), 506 (criminal intimidation) among others.
Police arrested one person while search was on for the remaining five.
Malad police said Sanjay Prasad, a journalist with a Hindi news channel, and his wife were shopping at the market when a young man allegedly passed a lewd comment at his wife.
The young man walked away only to return with five others who attacked the couple after threatening them with dire consequences, police said.
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Prasad, though bleeding, called the police who the tracked down Vijay Bahadur Singh, one of the men.
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A case has been registered under Indian Penal Code sections 354 (assaulting woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 324 (causing hurt by dangerous weapons), 506 (criminal intimidation) among others.
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