A man allegedly exposed his genitals and appeared to openly masturbate in front of a woman even though she was recording the incident.
A Kerala RTC bus. Representational Image.
Barely a fortnight after a man was apprehended for flashing his genitals to a young woman aboard a Kerala State RTC bus, a similar incident occurred near Payyanur in the Kannur district.
On Sunday, when a woman boarded a KSRTC bus at Cherupuzha near Payyanur a man wearing a blue shirt, white mundu and a black mask was sitting inside it reading a newspaper while no one else was there.
Soon, the man allegedly exposed his genitals and appeared to be openly masturbating in front of the woman even though she was recording the entire incident, according to the purported video of the incident that was uploaded on social media.
After some time, the man got up and left the bus.
A senior police officer said police had seen the video and that the incident was believed to have occurred on Sunday, 28 May.
He said the police were trying to get in touch with the woman’s family to get a complaint from them.
“As of now we have not received any complaint regarding the incident nor has the individual been identified,” the officer said.
On 19 May, a man was arrested by the police for allegedly flashing and masturbating while sitting beside a woman in a KSRTC bus headed to Ernakulam.
Based on a video posted on Instagram, the Kerala Police arrested Savad Shah of Kozhikode, who boarded the bus from Angamaly.
According to the woman, Nandita Sankara, the man tried touching her inappropriately even when she tried to move away from him.
He then allegedly started masturbating. “In the very next moment, he started masturbating while seated beside me. I could not tolerate it anymore and I reacted,” Sankara said in the video.
When the woman raised an alarm, he attempted to flee. The conductor and the driver of the bus chased him down and handed him over to the police.
(With PTI inputs)
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