Celina Jaitley faces misbehavior at New Delhi airport

Celina Jaitley has time and again raised her voice against abusive and rude behavior against women, be it in foreign land or India. Recently, she again faced rude misbehavior from authorities at New Delhi airport while she was going through the security check for her morning flight to Mumbai.

That day there was special security check for the Valentine event in the city but what left Celina shocked was that her expensive state of art iPod and Blackberry were scratched while quite a few other things in her bag were broken after the scanning of her belongings. Worse still, the cops who were apparently responsible for the damage, were found smiling even as Celina was complaining against them.

“I agree that authorities there are doing their duty and we too are completely cooperating with the security measures. It is for our own benefit and I understand that we should comply with them. However, who gives them the right to mishandle things belonging to others? It was heartbreaking to see my stuff in a bad shape. Both my iPod as well as Blackberry have lost their sheen due to callous attitude of men who were doing the scan,” said Celina.

“These guys don’t know how to behave with women. I went up to the officer in charge and all he could say was ‘Sorry’? Also, they told me in no uncertain terms that they couldn’t repair what was broken. Moreover, the guys who did it were grinning in front of him. What a shame! Someone ought to teach these cops how to behave with women”, she added.

Celina is thinking of approaching higher authorities and apprise them about what transpired with her at the airport. “I was not only angry with them for breaking my stuff but for their misbehavior with other women. They are there to secure us and not to humiliate, insult and manhandle us, especially women. They are misusing the power of uniform everywhere now-a-days. At the end of the day we are paying passengers and they can’t break our things, insult us and indulge in indecent behavior,” she said adding,
“True, the women there were thanking me and one of them even said that I did what they couldn’t have possibly done in fear. Well, nice to hear this as a compliment, but my request to all womenfolk out there is - ‘Fight for yourself and raise your voice in events like this’. Till the time we don’t come out in open and let the authorities know that they are there to help us and not harass us, such shameful things would continue to happen.”