She used my phone to dial her brother, says dhaba owner
VARANASI, June 10 -- Only a few people were present at the Kashi Dhaba when Sonam Raghuvanshi emerged in the stillness of the night and reached the eatery in Ghazipur around 1am on Monday, approaching four men seated around a table for help but faced refusal.
Some of those at the dhaba were sipping tea, others yawning recalled dhaba owner Sahil Yadav, who is in his mid-20s.
"As they refused, the woman directly came to me and asked me for my mobile phone, saying 'bhaiya, please help me, give me your mobile, I have to talk to my family'. Then I gave her my phone. She dialed her brother's number and started crying," said Sahil.
"Thereafter, I spoke to her family member (brother) and gave him the address of my dhaba," said Sahil.
The eatery is situated on Varanasi-Gorakhpur Highway in Ghazipur.
"The woman said she was married in May this year. Thereafter, she along with her husband went to Meghalaya for their honeymoon where an attempt was made to rob her of her ornaments... she then fainted," Sahil said.
When he asked her how she reached the dhaba, Sonam said she walked several kilometers to arrive at the eatery from a location along the road where she was dropped at night, according to Sahil.
When he asked who dropped her, at first she didn't say anything... then when asked again, she said she had no idea, she didn't know anything, Sahil recalled.
"She looked distraught. I helped her on humanitarian grounds," said Sahil who informed police about the woman.
A police team from the Nandganj police station in Ghazipur reached Kashi Dhaba at around 3am, and took her to a hospital....
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