Assam's Joan of Arc: Girl takes on army jawan

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Assam's Joan of Arc: Girl takes on army jawan

Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Thursday July 30, 2009, Halflong, Guwahati

An incident of alleged molestation in Assam's Halflong town would have passed unnoticed, but for a girl who decided to take on an entire group of army personnel.

Diganta Das, a stringer with NDTV, was sitting at a tea shop nearby and filmed the dramatic scene on his cellphone. The footage shows the girl beating up an army jawan who reportedly visited her garment shop and made lewd comments and even touched her.

Rali Faihriem owns a branded garment shop in the middle of Halflong town. Lancenaik Gurvinder Singh of the 8th Battalion of the Sikh Regiment visited the shop, in combat dress with arms, on Wednesday afternoon to buy innerwear. When the girl was showing him the stock available at her shop, the jawan allegedly made some advances. Rali then pulled him out of the shop and stoned him in front of everyone.

The Army has ordered an enquiry into the incident after Rali filed an FIR.

N C Hills has a very heavy army presence. About 70 companies of security personnel deployed across the district are engaged in counter insurgency operations. Conflict zones have always reported allegations of violence against women by the armed forces but it is rare for women to hit back.

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Posted by Shadaan on Nov 07, 2009

This case look so confusing, It is a proven fact and most ladies know about this that when a girl accuses a man of sexual harrassment it seems that no proof is needed, the girl has to act angry, annoyed and confused. No body knows what actually happened, maybe the man ignored the lady's advances. There was a language issue and the voilent behaviour on the part of the lady does not prove anything. There are rebels in assam and many assamese are angry, could this be a set up. The man could have made advances and he could have been guilty. The actual fact is not known. The whole situation should have been handled differently. The police should have been called to file a case.

Posted by mandy on Aug 16, 2009

its unfortunate to just blame the army man, without any fact. and its shame for the mob who is encouraging the shameful act. the man was in uniform atleast respect tht. and stop blaming indian army and society. and i will appriciate the officer who tried solving problem with great paitence. this incident could have turned ugly too as all army guys were armed, and if any body got proveked all the BRAVE (shamless witnesses) people there would escape in seconds. and army sould probe the incident and punish the guilty, and even that women should be penalised for disgracing uniform. she should have called police for action if any thing happened wrong. there is something fishy in this........

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