Click to play videoMumbai: The Mumbai Police have detained five persons for questioning and identification in the New Year molestation case at the Gateway of India.
All five belong to the Ghatkopar area in the eastern suburbs of the city. However, what is surprising is that no case has been lodged so far.
The Mumbai Police had said on Wednesday that they would take suo motu action against New Year party revellers who molested a young woman at the Gateway of India on December 31.
Police till late Wednesday evening had claimed that they could order a probe only if somebody filed a complaint.
“I appeal to the general public to come forward if they have any information about the incident or the miscreants as no formal complaint has been registered with us," Mumbai Police Commissioner A N Roy had said.
The girl was molested by nearly 70 drunk revellers in full public view. Her clothes were torn apart even as her male friend was manhandled.
A Mid-Day photographer, Shadab Khan recalls - who saw the whole incident from a police watchtower and captured it on his camera recalls that the couple was surrounded by around 70 men, who tore apart the woman's clothes, while her friend tried to protect her - in vain.
The horror continued for almost 10 minutes before the terrorised couple managed to extricate themselves from the crowd and make a run for it.
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