Women in India-a better half of Indian society, today, are becoming the most vulnerable section as far as their safety and security is concerned. Now another woman turned as victim of sexual attack and she was molested under water. The issue was happened two months back but it came to light when the victim who is an IT professional took to her blog and revealed about her terrible experience.
The girl was allegedly molested in January by her diving instructor named Dhirendra Rawat during a scuba diving course she undertook at the Shirur beach near Byndoor in Udupi.
The girl wrote: “We were all told to give our instructors the ‘OK’ signal underwater every few minutes to let them know that we were alright. We descended underwater… and finally reached the sea bed. My instructor had my breathing equipment in his control and my oxygen tank in his hands. But as we swam across the corals… at the very bottom of the Arabian Sea, his hands were no longer on my diving equipment.”
“First one hand, then the other and finally both… I tried to shake his hands away from my body but in vain… I looked in his direction in despair but couldn’t see him. After all, he was right behind me with both his hands groping me… He then signalled asking me if I was okay. I signalled with an ‘OK’. 12 meters below sea level, with my breathing equipment under his control, I didn’t dare show any fear,” she wrote.
“all I could do was signal him with an ‘OK’ because more than anything else, I wanted to get back to the boat and to my friends, safe and sound. For the next 40 minutes, he took complete advantage of my silence and my helplessness…”She added explaining her ordeal
What is more shocking is that the instructor Dhirendra was arrested twice on similar charges. In two earlier incidents too, women had accused him of sexually harassing them underwater during scuba diving training.
The girl was allegedly molested in January by her diving instructor named Dhirendra Rawat during a scuba diving course she undertook at the Shirur beach near Byndoor in Udupi.
The girl wrote: “We were all told to give our instructors the ‘OK’ signal underwater every few minutes to let them know that we were alright. We descended underwater… and finally reached the sea bed. My instructor had my breathing equipment in his control and my oxygen tank in his hands. But as we swam across the corals… at the very bottom of the Arabian Sea, his hands were no longer on my diving equipment.”
“First one hand, then the other and finally both… I tried to shake his hands away from my body but in vain… I looked in his direction in despair but couldn’t see him. After all, he was right behind me with both his hands groping me… He then signalled asking me if I was okay. I signalled with an ‘OK’. 12 meters below sea level, with my breathing equipment under his control, I didn’t dare show any fear,” she wrote.
“all I could do was signal him with an ‘OK’ because more than anything else, I wanted to get back to the boat and to my friends, safe and sound. For the next 40 minutes, he took complete advantage of my silence and my helplessness…”She added explaining her ordeal
What is more shocking is that the instructor Dhirendra was arrested twice on similar charges. In two earlier incidents too, women had accused him of sexually harassing them underwater during scuba diving training.