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What Ms Wasnick endured in Indiranagar, a suburb in east Bengaluru, was being repeated in a series of attacks on women who were at and around MG one of Bengaluru's busiest commercial streets. of people were partying. In the revelry, men, some of them drunk, groped, stalked and harassed women. 45 security cameras recorded the crowd. Video footage circulated on social media shows women crying and screaming for help. Three days later, the police, confronting public anger and criticism, said last night that it has found "credible evidence" of the mass molestations.Like the other women who were assaulted, Ms Wasnick said that she was forced to fend for herself. Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara, who has outraged many with declaring "these things do happen," said that "it's not possible to have 10,000 policemen" patrolling the streets. 1,500 were deputed to manage the roads and supervise the crowds on New Year's Eve, he said.