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'Unfortunate': Japanese woman assaulted at Delhi's Holi event reacts
New Delhi: A Japanese woman was manhandled by a group of men in a Holi gathering in Delhi’s Paharganj area. The horrifying incident came to light after she posted a video of the men smearing colour on her despite her discomfort and one of them even smashed an egg on her head.
She described the incident as "unfortunate" and said she "participated in the festival with 35 of her friends", in tweets roughly translated from Japanese.
"I had heard that it was very dangerous for a woman to go out alone during the daytime at the Holi festival, an Indian festival that I participated in, so I participated in the event with a total of 35 other friends," she said.
A video of the incident has gone viral. The woman said she deleted her post after the number of RTs and DMs increased more than she had imagined.
"On March 9, I tweeted a video of Holi, but after that, the number of RTs and DMs increased more than I had imagined, and I was terrified, so I deleted the tweet," she tweeted in Japanese.
However, she has expressed her love for India and said she loves everything about the country.
"I love everything about India, I have been there many times and it is a fascinating country. India and Japan will forever be 'Tomodachi' (friends)," she tweeted.
The woman, who has now left for Bangladesh, hasn’t so far made a formal complaint to the police.
The police have filed a complaint after the incident came to their notice.
According to the police, three individuals, one of whom is a minor, have been arrested in relation to the incident. They are residents of a neighbourhood close to Paharganj and have admitted to being involved in the incident, NDTV reported.
"The police have promised to strengthen their crackdown, and we hope harassment against women will decrease significantly," the woman said.
The victim was staying at a hotel in the Paharganj area of Delhi.
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