
Television actress Rupali Ganguli who is known for her portrayal of Monisha Sarabhai in Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai faced an unfortunate event on Saturday morning. The actress faced road rage which not only affected her but also her 5-year-old son who was with her in the car. The actress was on her way to drop her son to school when the incident took place. Her car window was broken and Rupali’s hands were bleeding.
The actress took to Twitter to share the incident and wrote,
For the first time in my life I experienced #RoadRage!2 #Hooligans on a bike smashed my car window and kept hurling abuses at me in front of my 5yr old son!I dint note down the number or even take their pics-my only agenda was to get my petrified child n his caretaker to safety! pic.twitter.com/YJVZYhIDzy
— Rupali Ganguli (@TheRupali) August 4, 2018
Rupali then went to Versova Police station and filled an FIR against the hooligans.
Went with my crying child straight to #versovapolice and filed and FIR.. seeing the state of my car and me bleeding they all rushed to help…but all they had was this screenshot from #goodshepardchurch.. we went back to the spot and looked for the #spiritofmumbai @MumbaiPolice pic.twitter.com/G3A94OaDLM
— Rupali Ganguli (@TheRupali) August 4, 2018
Frustrated with the response, the actress further tweeted,
#spiritofmumbai does not exist!!!! The people just stood there watching a two women and child being attacked in a car being by two #scums!I was on my way to drop my son to school at 8.20am! They all just stood and saw the #tamasha! Not one person came to help or intervene!! pic.twitter.com/HumDVdFUWt
— Rupali Ganguli (@TheRupali) August 4, 2018
Only one woman on a bike and two women in a rickshaw came later and offered to help us!!! #women!!! Where were the #men ???? @MumbaiPolice #thankyou for doing all that you guys do for this city which has the most #indifferent breed of people !!! pic.twitter.com/KEnVn6CRGH
— Rupali Ganguli (@TheRupali) August 4, 2018
Versova Police did manage to track down the men who had attacked Rupali and her son, post which the actress praised the men in khaki and thanked them for restoring her child’s faith in the police.
true #spiritofmumbai I found in @mumbaipolice !Thank you so much was restoring my child’s faith that police will punish the bad guys?? #Versovapolice #Badguzar sir,#Om sir detection head,#mohite sir detection, #rakshe sir duty officer and #Jhende sir for always being there??
— Rupali Ganguli (@TheRupali) August 4, 2018
These were the guys! The one on the left broke the glass with a punch ! Wish he would put his strength to better use than scaring women and children #RoadRage @MumbaiPolice pic.twitter.com/Kn6GeETjJh
— Rupali Ganguli (@TheRupali) August 4, 2018
We hope that something similar doesn’t happen with anyone, ever again.