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Lakshmi Manchu Says She Was Inappropriately Touched at 15 on Public Transport in New Interview

The actor describes a common pattern of bus harassment that often goes unreported because of social pressure.

Overview

  • In a conversation with Hauterrfly, Manchu recounts an incident from tenth grade when strangers touched her inappropriately during a school trip on public transport.
  • She says she usually traveled with a driver, a bodyguard, and her mother, but the school used public transit that day to collect exam hall tickets.
  • Manchu recalls moving away without confrontation and later hearing similar experiences from her girlfriends, stressing that such abuse is not unusual.
  • She describes being overwhelmed during the MeToo period after reading a Women’s Commission flier that mirrored her experiences, saying she fell down crying.
  • Citing pressures on prominent families, she notes a reluctance to report such incidents publicly, and current coverage names no perpetrators and mentions no legal action.