Gender Fluid Artist Durga Gawde From Goa Reveals on Instagram How Her Attacker Went Scott Free After Molesting Her in Public
Durga Gawde who is also an activist was on her way one evening when a man who was talking on the phone crashed into her bike.
A sculptor and gender fluid artist from Goa has shared a shocking tale of her experience recently with a man who tried to sexually assault her. Durga Gawde from Goa has taken to social media to narrate her side of the story when she was attacked by a man named Brian Franco. As per her accounts, he tried to hit and assault her but is now out on bail. She has posted the video of the incident as well. British Woman Raped And Robbed in Goa's Canacona Town; A look at Cases of Sexual Assault on Foreigners in India's Tourist Capital.
Durga Gawde who is also an activist was on her way one evening when a man who was talking on the phone crashed into her bike. The two got into a minor altercation and she rode away. But Brian Franco followed her and cornered her at a spot. He took away her bike keys and threw them away. She writes that she wasn't scared and looked him in the eye. But when he grabbed her crotch and threw away her phone, she slapped him back. That's when he began attacking her. Passersby tried to intervene but he continued to hit her. All this was captured on video by a passerby who then gave it to her and asked her to go to the cops.
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When Durga reached the police station, Brian Franco was already there in his ripped clothes and lodged a complaint against her for hitting him. In her post, she also mentioned about not getting a lawyer for herself, as she was represented by a public prosecutor. Woman Gangraped By 7 Men at Beach in Mangalore.
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She has now started a campaign on social media urging people for #LockUpBrianFranco. She has also mentioned that she is not speaking here as a victim but also asked people to stand up for themselves.
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