For the past month, my colleague/ friend is being harassed by her neighbour, a fat, old, unemployed doctor. It started with him ringing their doorbell five-six times a day. He would ring the bell and run back into his own apartment, watching them from behind his door through the peephole. My friend, when she discovered who the miscreant was, immediately complained to the building security guard and her landlady. The landlady gave the old man a warning, saying that the next time he disturbed them they would turn him over to the police.
Last night, in a state of drunken inebriety, he started banging on their door. My friend’s sister, alone in the house, kept praying that he would stop and go back to his house. But he kept standing outside door, muttering incoherent words to himself. After an hour, tired, he went back to his flat, but sat down next to his door with his eyes guarding their flat. The sister called everyone that she could think. The landlady, the building security guard and the other people in the building. No one came to her help. Finally along with a friend, she called the police. The old man was taken to the police station, but nothing more was done. The police said that would not be able to take any action till he physically harmed them. Can you imagine?
Girls in India have to be molested or raped before anyone takes notice!!