EXCLUSIVE: Aaditi S Pohankar Recalls Young Boy Groping Her While Travelling In Mumbai Local; Says, “I Beat Him”

Aaditi Pohankar is an actress who appears in Hindi, Marathi and Tamil films and web series. She had her breakthrough role alongside Riteish Deshmukh in the Marathi action film Lai Bhaari (2014). She gained wider attention for her roles in the Hindi web series She and Aashram (both 2020–present). In an exclusive interview with Bollywood Bubble, Aaditi S Pohankar recalls a groping incident while travelling in the Mumbai local train and beating that guy.

Aaditi S Pohankar Recalls Groping Incident In The Mumbai Local Train

When asked about her first date, Aaditi S Pohankar talked about her groping incident, “Yeah, yeah, travel by local train. If you really want life experience, no joke, leave someone in a local train and see if they come back. There’s no guarantee! But if you want experiences, nothing like the local. Bombay is safe in general, but stuff like this still happens, and that’s what I’m saying. Maine akele nahi, I took the cops and beat him too. Because he was so shameless even in front of the cops, he didn’t stop. And he wasn’t accepting his mistake either. He was just a young kid, I guess he must’ve been in 7th or 8th grade — like 13, 14 years old. So that’s why I said face it with courage, don’t fear, daro mat sidhe sidhe baat karo.”

What Happened To Aaditi S Pohankar?

Aaditi S Pohankar recalled her experience of facing harassment while travelling on a Mumbai local train. As an 11th-grade student, she was in the first-class ladies’ compartment, where boys in school uniforms under the age of 18 were also allowed. During the journey, as the train departed from Dadar station, a schoolboy standing nearby and holding onto a bar suddenly grabbed her breasts. She recounted, “I was wearing a kurta. I had no idea he had this intention towards me, and when he did, I went into a state of shock. So, I got off at the next station and went to the police station. The guy was standing right where he had done that to me, trying to do the same to another girl. She recognised him and pointed him out. The cop asked, ‘What proof do you have?’ She replied, ‘I am telling you he did it to me. Why would I lie?’

She then described how she intimidated the boy into confessing. “A female constable accompanied me and asked him, ‘Inko kuch kiya kya?’ (Did you do anything to her?). He denied it. I screamed at him loudly, scaring him because he was young after all, and I was two to three years older than him. Then, when I made a gesture as if I was going to hit him, he panicked and said, ‘Haan, sorry, sorry’ (Yes, sorry, sorry). I literally held him by his collar and said, ‘Aur kisi ke saath karega? Inke saamne bol’ (Will you do this to anyone else? Say it in front of them). I got straight into his soul—that’s when he finally admitted, ‘Yes.'”

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