Exposure/Masturbation

Description

I am a UK National who visited India from January 15th 2014 to January 26th 2014. Whilst on a train from Jodphur to Delhi on Friday 24th January with my male partner I was the victim of a crime. There was a samosa vendor on the train who served us food but who came back later to our carriage and was caught by me, concealing himself in the carriage whilst masturbating and staring at me. Both myself and my partner confronted the man and we were assured by the train guard that he had been removed from the train.

On arrival into Old Delhi train station a few hours later we went to try to report this incident but there was no clear sign of where we could find the police so we left it until the following day. On Saturday 25th January we searched the internet and saw that crimes against women could be reported at Connaught Place so we went to that police station. Our treatment there was shameful as I was rudely ordered to write a statement about the incident in a room full of male police officers who were watching what we were doing. At the end of this time we were told that the incident could not be reported at Connaught Place police station and were vaguely direct back to New Delhi police station. Here we encountered a similar situation with the police showing very little interest in us and directing us to another police station. At this point we decided to come to the British Embassy to seek advice but were not allowed entry as we were told the embassy was closed on a Saturday. By now I was exhausted and traumatised so my partner took me back to our hotel and went out on his own to try to the report the incident. He eventually went back to Old Delhi train station and was finally able to find a police officer who was willing to listen to an account of the incident and to document it.