Shocking: 93 arrested for Eve-teasing in Hyderabad in September

The SHE teams received a complaint about the harassment from the Uber driver Rathod Prem. The SHE team called Prem but he had switched off his phone.

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The SHE teams arrested over 93 people including an Uber driver, Swiggy delivery boy and a student and over 100 complaints for eve-teasing and harassing women at different locations in September.

More than 240 people were held. Later they were sentenced to imprisonment for harassing women during the Ganesh festival in the city.

Furthermore, the SHE teams received a complaint about the harassment from the Uber driver Rathod Prem. The SHE team called Prem but he had switched off his phone. However, with the help of the technical team, Prem was nabbed.

In another incident, a delivery boy named Rajesh was harassing a woman from Madhapur whom he had delivered food. He was demanding sexual favours from her. However, when the victim blocked his number, Rajesh kept calling her from different numbers.

Urligadla Bhardwaja, a student,  stalked a woman who was going to catch a metro train at Durgam Cheruvu Metro Station. He wanted to know her name and Instagram ID from her. He was nabbed by the SHE team.

According to a press release, the SHE team received 102 complaints from victims through WhatsApp, email, and Hawkeye in September.

Around 11 SHE teams are on the field to keep an eye on troublemakers, eve teasers and to provide safety and security to women.

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