Friday, October 07, 2005

'Unzipped' Flashers in Chennai

Anybody who wants to see a male striptease, travel to the Korattur Railway Station in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The station has become a haven for sexual perverts, who roam around 'flashing', sending school and college-going girls, and women into a flurry.

When girls passed by, these 'unzipped' flashers show their manhood for 'free view'. But when men crossed by, they would cover with a bag or something. "Such happenings are nothing new to us," a student of the college lamented. This has been the case for the past one year, and different men at different points of time, have been seen resorting to obscene gestures.

The college even went to the extent of sending two staff members as escorts for its students, which deterred the 'flashers' for a day. However, students see no end to this problem as nearly five men, aged 20-45, have been frequenting the area over the period of one year.

A 40-year-old woman, employed at another college in the area, says, "Such acts of perversion are so disgusting and affect us. We carefully take each step on the over-bridge, half-expecting a 'flasher' at every turn. Girls are pained by such incorrigible deeds."

Moreover, the Korattur Railway Station has very little shade from the Sun, forcing the girls to stand on the stairs of the over-bridge, right near the spot where the 'flashers' firmly plant themselves.

When contacted, the police said that the issue had been brought to their knowledge only recently and promised to put an end to the issue.

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