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PATNA: God helps those who help themselves, they say. But in Patna, the city cops also seem ready to help those girls who are ready to help themselves. They are just a call away. Ring Helpline number 9470001390, in case you are in trouble.

The Mahila Thana's claim came true on Monday night when two 'dabang' (gutsy) girls of the city went to watch the movie 'Dabangg 2' in the night show and they encountered a group of hooligans who had started passing vulgar remarks after almost every scene in the film. Instead of getting scared, the girls called the helpline number and the five guys were taken to Patliputra police station where they had to cool their heels overnight only to be released on Tuesday after signing personal bonds.

As it happened, Naina and Anandi (name changed) could not find time to watch the movie in daytime due to their busy schedule. "We went for the 8.45pm show believing that the crowd would be better than in other city cinema halls," said Anandi.

"We preferred two corner seats in the second row from the top. It was a group of five young boys who were seated in the last row. As soon as the show began, they started changing their seats and moving near us because some other seats were vacant," recounted Anandi.

"It became intolerable as they kept on shouting whenever any romantic scene appeared on the screen and it was impossible to hear even the dialogues," Naina said.

"Initially, we had some heated arguments with the guys but they were so shameless that our words only humoured them. They started passing vulgar comments and even pushing our seats from the back," said Anandi.

"That made us bold and headstrong. Had it been any other girls they would have changed their seats. But we decided to take them head-on. I had the helpline number of Patna Mahila police station saved in my mobile phone. I simply sent a message to the helpline number mentioning our exact location, seat number and the problem. At that time I had no idea that it would work wonders," said Naina, adding, "A lady called me to confirm the complaint and within 15 minutes, cops from Patliputra police station, including its SHO P Bharti, reached the spot. He asked the boys about their misdemeanour but they simply refuted the allegation."

Anandi said, "Naina went out of the auditorium and talked to the SHO who patiently listened to her and took out the hooligans. We both identified them but, instead of fearing the cops, they started arguing with us. We wondered how these guys could dare confront us in front of the cops!"

At around 11.30pm I got another call from the Mahila police station SHO, Mridula Kumari. She thanked us and said, "Itna information hi koi humlogo ko nahin dete hain."

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