Similar to the incident of Sengupta, the victim accused the police of inaction and said the officer posted there asked her to lodge a formal complaint at a local police station instead of coming to her rescue. "I earnestly requested the police personnel on duty who observed the incident but to my sheer astonishment, I not only found the policeman reluctant about the matter but also with great ignorance he advised me to go to the nearest police station. But as I was in hurry so I couldn't go to the police station and reached my office," she wrote and tagged the Facebook page of Kolkata Police headquarters Lalbazar.

During the attack on her vehicle, Sengupta had also alleged that the nearby police refused to take a complaint stating the area of the incident falls outside the limit of their police station. One officer was suspended while two others were sent show-cause notices in that case.

The Kolkata Police, however, sprang into action after Kumari's social media post went viral within a few hours and arrested three persons by checking the CCTV footage. "We have identified and arrested the culprits within an hour, and shall ensure that they are punished," police wrote responding to Kumari's social media post.

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