Six held for molesting woman doctor in Kolkata mall

Six persons have been arrested for molesting a woman doctor and assaulting her husband and other friends in a movie hall at Kolkata's Acropolis Mall on Sunday (September 21, 2026) night.

According to police, the victim with her friends went to watch a movie at the theatre when the six men intimidated her by making obscene gestures and derogatory comments with sexual connotations. When her husband and other friends protested, the accused assaulted them.

The theatre management called the police. A team from the Kasba police station rushed to the spot and arrested all the six accused.

A case under Sections 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 79 (outraging woman's modesty), 126 (wrongful restraint) under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita have been booked against them.

Some of the accused claimed to be students of Jadavpur University. Those arrested were Anand Kumar, Suresh Kumar, Arvind Kumar, Srijan Darbar, Manoj Roy, and Arindam Ghosh.