A 16-year-old girl returning home alone in the evening seemed like an easy target for two drunken men. They reached out to grab her, only to get a fistful of fury.
The teenager punched them in the face, kicked them where it hurts most, left them bloody, battered and bewildered — and running for their lives. In Madhyamgram, the northern outskirts of Kolkata where molestation and rape are almost an everyday nightmare, the story of a fightback has turned this karate girl into an instant hero.
When TOI spoke to her, she was all charged up and still in sparring mode. "Mere mukh pathiye diyechi (I smashed their faces). They got what they deserved. I am not afraid of them," the braveheart said. "I started learning karate a year ago because I feared I might be sexually assaulted. Crimes against women have risen alarmingly in our part of town. I wanted to be able to defend myself and I am glad I did," she said.
Karate girl kicks her way out of molesters’ clutches - The Times of India
The teenager punched them in the face, kicked them where it hurts most, left them bloody, battered and bewildered — and running for their lives. In Madhyamgram, the northern outskirts of Kolkata where molestation and rape are almost an everyday nightmare, the story of a fightback has turned this karate girl into an instant hero.
When TOI spoke to her, she was all charged up and still in sparring mode. "Mere mukh pathiye diyechi (I smashed their faces). They got what they deserved. I am not afraid of them," the braveheart said. "I started learning karate a year ago because I feared I might be sexually assaulted. Crimes against women have risen alarmingly in our part of town. I wanted to be able to defend myself and I am glad I did," she said.
Karate girl kicks her way out of molesters’ clutches - The Times of India
