Ameesha Patel is not a helpless glam doll. A roadside Romeo learnt this lesson the hard way when he passed a cheeky remark on her. The actress had gone for a walk, and was returning when the eve-teaser made her the target of his remarks.The actress decided to teach him a lesson he'd not forget. She went home, got her bodyguard and scoured the lanes searching for him and then gave him a earful.
A friend of the actress reveals, "She'd seen this particular guy hanging around her locality many times. He would openly stare and look distastefully at passing women but most of them, including Ameesha ignored him. Usually, the actress carries an umbrella but that day she hadn't. When he saw her he asked loudly, "Madam, aaj chaata nahi laya?" He said this in a crude manner with a lewd grin on his face. And that just ticked off Ameesha."
When contacted, Ameesha confirms, "I didn't want to let him off so easily. I went to the cops, but he ran away from there. So I took my bodyguard and hunted him down. I fired him and warned him never to trouble any of the ladies in the area.
The locality I stay in is very serene and quiet. But there are a bunch of guys who hang around and are a nuisance. After I confronted this guy, word spread and the other hooligans also vanished."
The actress wants her experience to empower other women, "I want every girl to realise that eve-teasing can be dealt with sternly. All you have to do is go to the nearest police station and register a complaint. It's very easy to ignore and turn a blind eye to such incidents. But I hope that after sharing my experience, other girls will also stand up and fight such eve-teasing."