Two Northeastern girls harassed by men in Hauz Khas, DCW issues notice to Delhi Police

New Delhi, July 21

A video has been making rounds on social media where two Northeastern girls are seen confronting a group of men in Delhi's Hauz Khas area who were allegedly being harassed on the road.

In the viral video, the two women can be heard slamming the group of middle-aged man for asking 'rate kya hai' (what's your rate) assuming them to be sex workers.

The girls went on to describe how their plight did not end right then. They narrate another discriminating incident from the same night when a police official intervened and asked them repeatedly about their destination when they were heading to a restaurant. The women in the video allege that the cop also asked them if they were dancers.

After the video went viral on social media, the Delhi Commission for Women, taking cognizance of the matter, issued a notice to the police and filed an FIR against the accused and demanded their arrest. DCW Chief Swati Maliwal shared the information bof the notice to Delhi Police on her official Twitter handle