Actress Sumona Chakravarti, popularly known for her time on The Kapil Sharma Show, recently shared a disturbing incident. She revealed in a social media post that her car was mobbed in broad daylight by Maratha quota protesters in South Mumbai on Sunday, August 31. She expressed that, for the first time in Mumbai, she felt “unsafe,” which left her deeply disturbed.
Sumona took to her Instagram handle and penned a long note describing the incident that left her feeling vulnerable. She claimed that one man banged on her bonnet while others hit the car’s windows. The Kapil Sharma Show actress then questioned the law and order in Mumbai.
Her social media post read, “12:30 this afternoon. I’m driving from Colaba to Fort. And suddenly – my car is blocked by a mob. One man with an orange stole banging on my bonnet, smirking. Pressing his protruding belly against my car. Shimmying in front of me like he’s proving some sick point. His friends banging on my windows, shouting ‘Jai Maharashtra!’ & laughing.”
She continued, “We moved a little ahead & repeat of the same thing. Twice in a span of 5 mins. No police. (The ones we saw later were just sitting, chatting, hanging). No law & order. Just me, in my car, in broad daylight, in South Bombay – feeling unsafe. And the streets? Piled with banana peels, plastic bottles, filth. Pavements taken over. Protesters eating, sleeping, bathing, cooking, pissing, shitting, video calling, making reels, doing Mumbai darshan in the name of protest. A complete mockery of civic sense.”
Sumona then shared, “But today, for the first time in years, in broad daylight inside the safety of my own car, I felt genuinely unsafe. Vulnerable. And I suddenly felt lucky – lucky that a male friend was with me. I couldn’t help but think, if I had been alone, then what??? I was tempted to record a video but quickly realised that this might provoke/instigate them further. So I didn’t. It’s frightening when you realise that no matter who you are, or where you are, law and order can collapse in seconds.”
Concluding her note, she wrote, “Peaceful protests exist – we’ve seen them for causes far more urgent. And yet, those are the ones the police clamp down on. But here? Absolute lawlessness. As a tax-paying citizen, as a woman, and as someone who loves this city, I’m left disturbed. We deserve better than this mockery of governance and civic responsibility. We deserve the right to feel safe in our own city.”