Kolkata, February 16, A woman has filed a police complaint alleging that she was sexually assaulted inside a moving car in South Kolkata by three young men who had offered her a ride home, a senior officer said on Monday.
The woman, in her complaint at the Kasba Police station on Sunday, stated that she was asked to get into the car at a location on New Ballygunje Road on late Friday night.
Two of the three men, who were sitting inside the SUV, were known to her, and she got into the car without suspicion, the woman stated in the complaint.
The vehicle then moved towards the EM Bypass, and the three men sexually harassed her.
After traveling for about an hour, when the car was near the Anandapur area, the woman was dropped off, the official said.
Police were reviewing CCTV footage of the area, and the search for the car and the perpetrators was in full swing.
Notably, Commissioner of Police Supratim Sarkar, during his visit to Gariahat in South Kolkata last week, had stated that the safety of citizens, particularly women, remains the top priority of the force.