Mumbai: Downplaying the shocking incident of two women in Juhu being molested by a mob of 70 people as a "minor issue", Police Commissioner D N Jadhav on Wednesday accused the media of making "mountain out of molehill."
"Such things can happen anywhere anytime. Here also where I am. Don't make mountain out of molehill," Yadav said responding to questions by the newsmen on the incident.
The two women were groped and molested by a mob of 70-80 people near a five-star hotel from where they were returning after the New year celebrations early Tuesday.
"It (the molestation) is just an offence," Yadav said while appearing to target the media at the same time when he asked "Why are you blowing it out of proportion?"
Stating that no one has come forward to file a complaint, he said the police was registering a case on its own.
"I can't keep police behind every man," the Commissioner said, adding that the police were investigating the case.
The police have already started the process of registering an FIR taking cognizance of the photographs published in a national newspaper which showed two girls being molested by a group of people.
The police had, thus far, not registered an FIR, since no complaint had been lodged with them in this regard. ''When nobody has come forward to lodge a complaint, how can the police initiate any action?'' a top police official had earlier questioned.
The victim or somebody should come forward to lodge a complaint, he had said.
Later, in the afternoon, the police began recording the statements of the two photographers who had clicked the pictures.
Once the statements were recorded, a formal FIR would be registered, sources said.
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