Sarabhai vs Sarabhai fame Rupali Ganguly witnessed a rather traumatizing incident that left her 5-year-old child in shock. On Friday morning when Rupali was dropping her child to school, two hooligans came from nowhere and started abusing her. One of them even smashed the car’s window with a punch.
The TV actress took to her Twitter to share the details of the incident with her fans. According to her tweet, the actress, her son and his caretaker were inside the car when the incident took place near Indira Nagar. She wrote, “For the first time in my life I experienced #RoadRage!2 #Hooligans on a bike smashed my car window and kept hurling abuses at me in front of my 5yr old son!I dint note down the number or even take their pics-my only agenda was to get my petrified child n his caretaker to safety!”
Rupali also shared pictures of the broken car window and the two hooligans in her tweets. Immediately after the incident, the actress approached the police and registered a complaint.
Versova Police registered a case under Indian Penal Code sections 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 427 (Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees ).
Rupali also tweeted, “#spiritofmumbai does not exist!!!! The people just stood there watching a two women and child being attacked in a car being by two #scums!I was on my way to drop my son to school at 8.20am! They all just stood and saw the #tamasha! Not one person came to help or intervene!!”
However, she lauded Mumbai Police as they set to action immediately and arrested the two accused within hours. She wrote, “But By 9.30pm the #versovapolice had nabbed the culprit! I don’t know how they did it but incredibly they had the #loosers in front of me to identify!!! #Kudos and #millionthanks @MumbaiPolice! This is the second time #versovapolice has been to my #rescue!"