A senior producer working with NDTV was chased by two men early Friday on her way home from her office in Sector-129, Noida. The journalist had left the office in her own car and was driving to her home in Delhi's Vasant Kunj when the incident took place.
Both men have been arrested by the police. Deepak and Shubham, residents of Delhi's Dabri, have several criminal cases registered against them. They are bartenders and were allegedly drunk when they harassed and attacked the journalist.
What Happened?
The journalist said that as she was driving her car- a Ford Figo- on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, the men riding a scooty started following her.
"They tried to stop me. Initially, I ignored them, but I later noticed that they were trying to block my car. The men gestured to me to stop, but I continued to drive. I took out my phone and started recording them in an attempt to ward them off," she said.
She added that as she slowed down due to traffic on the expressway, Shubham, who was riding pillion, jumped off the scooty and banged on her car's windscreen. He then came to her side and attempted to open the door, which was locked.
"I sped up and somehow managed to reach the DND Flyway. However, the two men kept following me. I also contacted my colleague and asked what to do, to which they said to keep driving and do not stop," she said.
The journalist also said that Shubham took out a wooden object and smashed the car's rear windscreen and left rear window.
Taxi Drivers Come To The Rescue
As the journalist reached the Ashram area, she called the police and shared her location. Upon reaching Lajpat Nagar, she saw a group of taxi drivers who immediately noticed that she was in trouble.
"I asked them (cab drivers) to help me, and they told me to park my car to the side. I stopped my car at the Gupta market in Lajpat Nagar, and the two men on the scooty were gone," she added.
The police arrived at the scene, took the woman's statement, and asked her to file a First Information Report (FIR).
