Why Eatery barred woman

KOLKATA: An Anglo-Indian woman, who was allegedly raped inside a moving car here in 2012, claimed she was denied entry into a restaurant for being a “rape victim”.

The restaurant refuted the claim.

The 40-year-old woman alleged the management of Ginger, a restaurant-cum-bar in south Kolkata’s Kalighat area turned her out.

“The management said they can’t allow me because I was the Park Street rape victim. They said they have orders not to allow me inside. If I was raped, is it my fault? Why can’t I try to live a normal life,” the woman said.

The restaurant management denied the charge and claimed the woman was turned away for being “troublesome”.

“She was not barred for being a rape victim. She had earlier created trouble. We have video footage to show how she had created trouble after getting drunk. So we barred her,” said eatery owner Dipten Banerjee.

The mother of two was allegedly raped at gun-point inside a moving car and later thrown out in February 2012.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had courted controversy after she dubbed the incident “fabricated”.