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A 42-year-old man named U Deepak died by suicide in Kerala on Sunday, January 18, sparking outrage. His demise occurred days after he was accused of inappropriately touching a lady inside a bus. The girl posted a video on social media, which went viral.
Within the video, Deepak‘s elbow is seen to brush in opposition to the girl’s physique, contained in the crowded bus. Whereas the girl, named Shimjitha, alleges that it was harassment, a number of viewers mentioned that it was a pure hand motion owing to the gang within the bus.
Deepak’s demise has sparked outrage, with a number of individuals criticising Shimjitha, saying she made an exaggerated declare of sexual harassment based mostly on what appeared like an unintentional bodily contact.
Deepak was a local of Kozhikode and labored at a textile agency. On January 16, he was travelling to Kannur for work, in response to his household. Shimjitha, whose social media profile says she is a marketing consultant psychologist and a commerce lecturer, was travelling on the Kerala State Street Transport Company similar bus.
Lady says it was intentional
Within the video she shared on her Instagram web page, Deepak was initially seen standing subsequent to her at a distance. Later within the video, she filmed herself whereas Deepak was getting down from the bus, and his elbow appeared to have grazed her chest.
Shimjitha mentioned that this wasn’t an accident or a misunderstanding, however a “sexual boundary violation”.
Responding to a number of individuals’s feedback concerning the contact being unintentional, she instructed Asianet Information that she began taking pictures the video solely after she noticed one other lady being made uncomfortable by Deepak within the bus.
“I began taking a selfie video and he noticed me doing it. On the bus stand, when the bus turned much less crowded, I switched on the video once more and he deliberately grazed me,” she mentioned. She insisted that her allegations had been true. “I didn’t count on he would die by suicide,” she mentioned.
Deepak was discovered lifeless in his room on the morning of Sunday, January 18. Deepak’s relations and associates alleged that he was in extreme psychological misery for the reason that video was extensively circulated.
“That video harm him. I need to say to individuals who put up such movies on-line, do not play with anybody’s life. Do not put up or share such issues with out figuring out the reality,” one particular person near Deepak instructed the media.
Males‘s rights activists categorical anger
Deepak’s demise has prompted males’s rights activists and others to precise their anger in the direction of Shimjitha.
Males’s rights activist and TV commentator Rahul Easwar in a video demanded that the police should take motion in opposition to Shimjitha.
“Deepak was the only real bread winner of his household. We are going to assist his household in no matter means we are able to. To make sure that tomorrow a lady doesn’t create content material out of any of us and falsely accuse of sexual harassment, we should battle at this time,” he mentioned.
Rahul Easwar together with many males’s rights activist teams has been demanding a males’s rights fee to deal with points confronted by males, together with false sexual assault instances by girls.
