Celina Jaitly on being harassed during school days, reveals a man ‘flashed’ her

The brutal rape and murder of a trainee female doctor at the RG Kar Hospital premises in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal state, has sent shockwaves across the country. Several celebrities have spoken out against the barbaric incident. Now, actress Celina Jaitly has spoken out as she revealed that she was harrassed when she was in class 6.

Taking to social media platform X, Celinashared the shocking incident from her childhood days.

Sharing the shocking incident, Celina said that according to society, “the victim is always at fault.”

Taking to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Celina wrote, "THE VICTIM IS ALWAYS AT FAULT: In this pic I was in 6th grade only when boys from a nearby university started to wait outside my school. They would follow the school rickshaw making catcalls all the way home everyday. I pretended not to notice them and few days later, because of that, they started throwing stones at me in the middle of the road to get my attention. Not one bystander batted an eye.''

Recalling being called "loose character" by a teacher, she wrote, “In 11th grade, I still remember they cut the wire of my scooty's brakes because I was not acknowledging the university boys who heckled and called me rude names & left lewd notes on my scooty. My male class mates got scared for me and told our teachers. My class teacher called me and told me ‘You come across as a FORWARD type of girl, riding a scooty and wearing jeans to extra classes with short open hair, that's why boys think you are of a loose character'. It was always my fault. I still remember that day jumping off my scooty to save myself because of my brake wires cut. I was hurt badly and yet it was my fault. My Scooty was damaged… I was both physically and psychologically hurt… And I was told it was MY FAULT!”

THE VICTIM IS ALWAYS AT FAULT : In this pic I was in 6th grade only when boys from a nearby university started to wait outside my school.They would follow the school rickshaw making catcalls all the way home everyday. I pretended not to notice them and few days later because of… pic.twitter.com/cIrJmiDbQt — Celina Jaitly (@CelinaJaitly) August 17, 2024

The actress concluded the post by sharing how her retired colonel grandfather used to escort her due to harassment.

"I still remember those rude boys who chased me, even damaging my scooty; they also passed derogatory remarks on my retired colonel grandfather, making fun of him. Nana stood and stared at them and then he turned away shook his head and I could read his face as he walked away with me. His disgust at the very people he laid his life on line for (sic)," the actor wrote.

Several Bollywood celebrities like Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sara Ali Khan, Vijay Verma, Triptii Dimri, Parineeti Chopra took to social media to express their solidarity with the victim and her family.