Gurgaon: MG Road not safe for women at night, claims pub, hotel staff

Residents and those working with MG Road pubs and bars said everyone seen there at night is looked down upon

The Mall Mile on Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road (MG road) is not safe for women at night, claimed those staying and working on and around the busy stretch.

Two students, one of them a Young India fellow, had complained to the police on Monday that they were groped and presumed to be call girls at the Mall Mile on Friday night. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

Two students, one of them a Young India fellow, had complained to the police on Monday that they were groped and presumed to be call girls on Friday night.

“Every night, once clubbing starts, the area becomes unsafe. Sex workers are seen roaming the area. Anybody who is seen here at night is looked down upon,” a woman guard at the Grand Mall said.

A shopkeeper near the JMD mall said, “It is not that the police are not present. There are PCR vans doing the rounds at night, but with not enough personnel,” he said.

“Unless one is accompanied by family members, it is presumed that one is there for illegal activities,” he claimed.

Security supervisor at Sahara Mall, Dilip Singh Rathod, said he has several cases of drunken brawls and women often get caught up in it.“All kinds of people are seen on MG road. Everybody knows about the problems here,” he said.

Ruchika (name changed), a resident of a MG Road condominuim, said, “We can’t step out of the house once it’s dark. Drunken brawls are common here and the environment is dangerous.”

She said the police was trying to do their job but “how many personnel do they deploy?”.

Sumit Kuhar, DCP (crime), said the police had received some complaints about the area.“We will increase the presence of police in the area,” he said.

A few days earlier, a video had surfaced in which some women was seen beating up an alleged molester on MG road. No police complaint was filed in the incident.