A group of young women on Tuesday shared a video on social media of an incident in Gurugram, wherein an older woman allegedly harassed them at a restaurant over their dress choice. The group accosted the woman at a store and demanded an apology from her.

The video shows that she refused to talk to them and asked the store staff to call the police.

She is later surrounded by other people in the store who ask her if children and senior citizens get raped because of their clothes.

“This middle-aged woman you’ll see in the video addressed seven men at the restaurant to rape us because she felt we deserved it for wearing short clothes and bashing her unsolicited opinion...Our instinct was to turn away from the drama but supported by our colleagues, we took her on at a shopping centre, nearby. We gave her the chance to apologise, to no avail, of course. Nothing moved the needle for her, not even another woman who learned the story on the spot and implored her to apologise,” wrote one of the women who was harassed in her Facebook post.

The Facebook post was shared by more than 1,600 people and was viewed by 1,200 people.

More than 2,000 people commented on the video.

Towards the end of the video, the woman decides to speak to the camera. “These ladies wear short dress to encourage all to see them(sic),” she said. She also asked the parents control the girls.

First Published: May 01, 2019 07:45 IST