Mumbai Peeping Tom

If you have observed a growing number of women commuters covering themselves with scarves while travelling in suburban trains, it's not a fashion trend. But, only a tactic to protect themselves from peeping toms in adjoining compartments.

A 28-year-old Peeping Tom's voyeuristic tendencies proved to be a costly habit. So much so that he had to pay with his life. Ram Singh Verma, a resident of Bhashkarnagar, Kalwa in Thane, was allegedly in the habit of peeping through a little hole in the wall to watch his object of fantasy take her daily bath.

Fed up with relentless obscene gestures and a barrage of lewd comments from a neighbour and alleged police inaction against the accused, a 45-year-old woman, along with her teenage daughters, has shifted out of their Malad home. Saroj Gupta has registered 14 complaints with the Malad police against neighbour Nandlal Wala for making obscene gestures...

If you have observed a growing number of women commuters covering themselves with scarves while travelling in suburban trains, it's not a fashion trend. But, only a tactic to protect themselves from peeping toms in adjoining compartments.

A 28-year-old Peeping Tom's voyeuristic tendencies proved to be a costly habit. So much so that he had to pay with his life. Ram Singh Verma, a resident of Bhashkarnagar, Kalwa in Thane, was allegedly in the habit of peeping through a little hole in the wall to watch his object of fantasy take her daily bath.

Fed up with relentless obscene gestures and a barrage of lewd comments from a neighbour and alleged police inaction against the accused, a 45-year-old woman, along with her teenage daughters, has shifted out of their Malad home. Saroj Gupta has registered 14 complaints with the Malad police against neighbour Nandlal Wala for making obscene gestures...