We need to learn to speak up: Sumeet Raghavan

After his wife’s disturbing encounter, Sumeet Raghavan urges people to take a stand, change mindsets and better our society

On Monday, actor Sumeet Raghavan took to Twitter to talk about his wife Chinmayee Sumeet’s encounter with a miscreant, who harassed her in Vile Parle, Mumbai. Within a few minutes, Mumbai Police tweeted back to him asking for details and soon arrested the man.

Actor Sumeet Raghavan with wife Chinmayee Sumeet

Sumeet says, “Thank God, the cops managed to get hold of him. Having said that, it is not only about nabbing the culprit, it is about how we go about changing this mindset. There is a school nearby; he must have done the same to girls or boys. They must have not spoken about it, but it must have scarred them. We need to learn to speak up.”

The Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai actor adds that he could have chosen to ignore the incident and remained silent . He says, “It would be easy for me to say that we just witnessed it. But we did not want to do that. We want to let people know that it is completely okay to speak up about such things. In fact, the right way to deal with such situations is to speak up.”