Sumona Chakravarti speaks out after Mob blocks her car in South Bombay, questions Law and Order

Actress Sumona Chakravarti has spoken out about a frightening experience she faced in South Bombay on Thursday afternoon. Sharing her experience on Instagram, she revealed that her car was blocked by a mob while driving from Colaba to Fort.

Sharing the entire incident in her Instagram post, Sumona wrote, "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. We moved a little ahead & repeat of the same thing."

According to Sumona, this disturbing encounter repeated twice within five minutes, and police nearby did not intervene. “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.”

In her Instagram post she captioned, "Doesn’t feel like the fastest growing economy.
Doesn’t feel like a progressive society. Not the Digital Bharat they keep talking about.
Because when casteism, religion, politics, corruption, bureaucracy, illiteracy and unemployment are running the show—this isn’t development. It’s decay."

The actress, who has lived in Mumbai most of her life, said she had always felt safe in South Bombay, but this incident changed her perspective. “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."