{"id":195858,"date":"2026-02-27T18:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T13:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=195858"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T13:33:13","slug":"foreign-tourist-faces-harassment-in-mumbai-sparks-concerns-over-womens-safety-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/02\/27\/foreign-tourist-faces-harassment-in-mumbai-sparks-concerns-over-womens-safety-in-india.html","title":{"rendered":"Foreign tourist faces harassment in Mumbai, sparks concerns over women\u2019s safety in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-195649\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/02\/IMG_2046.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"547\" height=\"365\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mumbai: A foreign female traveller was harassed by two men on a street in Mumbai, drawing renewed attention to the ongoing issue of women\u2019s safety in Modi\u2019s India.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the woman, identified as Ines Faria, posted a video of the incident on social media, prompting police to launch a search to trace the perpetrators.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, the two men can be seen persistently approaching her and demanding selfies. They followed her for nearly 15 minutes even as she repeatedly declined, leaving her visibly uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>Ines Faria, a YouTuber who has been travelling in India for the past two months, said the incident left her shaken.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place in south Mumbai, a police official said, noting two unidentified men followed Faria and kept asking for photographs with her despite her refusal.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, women\u2019s safety remains a pressing concern in India, with frequent reports of street harassment, eve-teasing, and other forms of abuse highlighting the challenges faced by both residents and visitors in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai: A foreign female traveller was harassed by two men on a street in Mumbai, drawing renewed attention to the ongoing issue of women\u2019s safety in Modi\u2019s India. According to Kashmir Media Service, the woman, identified as Ines Faria, posted a video of the incident on social media, prompting police to launch a search to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195859,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195858\/revisions\/195859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}