TV actress Prachi Tehlan opens up on horrifying incident, says she was chased by drunk men at 2 AM

New Delhi: Actress Prachi Tehlan, popularly identified for her function within the present ‘Diya Aur Baati Hum’ just lately shared probably the most terrifying incidents of her life in an interview with an leisure portal.

In a dialog with Zoom Digital, she narrated an incident the place her automobile was adopted by a gaggle of unruly younger men. The incident occured when she was returning dwelling along with her husband current within the automobile.

It was a horrifying ordeal in keeping with her because the men hurled nasty verbal abuses at them and the 2 feared what they’d do subsequent. Tehland was additionally suspected that the youth have been drunk from the way in which they have been behaving.

The actress determined to take authorized motion after the ‘night time chase’ and lodged a grievance towards at a close-by police station.

Elaborating additional she mentioned, “It is scary that it was not just women or girls in the car. It was my husband and those guys had the guts of entering our property, society. It was extremely scary. I think, a very strong punishment should be given for such crimes, so that people think before doing, these things. Daru, sharab peekar aap road pe chalte hue logo ko pareshan nai kar sakte ho (You cannot harass people after being drunk). Us time par (at that time) we could have had an accident. We do not know who those people were? We did not know what weapons they had to harm us? It was 2 Am and we were coming from a family get together, to back our place”

It seems the incident occurred in Delhi as she additional spoke about how she by no means felt protected and safe within the metropolis. 

“Delhi, I have never felt is safe as I was born and brought up in Delhi. My entire education has been from Delhi. It is a beautiful place to be, but in terms of safety, security and men’s mindset for women; even if you walk down the street, you do not feel safe. You have these glances and filthy stares of men around. This is something I have experienced since a very young age, through college. I have found Mumbai much safer and free to work and travel. Otherwise, it is a beautiful place. You have amazing food, good winters, but this is a major drawback, which has always hindered me to fall in love with the place,” she added.

The actress made her performing debut within the TV sequence ‘Diya Aur Baati Hum’ after which went on to function within the Punjabi movie ‘Arjan’.