Woman who tried to help a stranger assaulted
A WOKINGHAM woman said she will think twice about helping others after being assaulted in the town centre last week.
Veena Shastri was waiting to pick up her son at Wokingham Train Station on Tuesday, November 2, when she was hit in the head with a raw egg.
Sat in her car in one of the station’s waiting bays around 3.30pm, Mrs Shastri rolled down her driver’s window after a teenage boy tapped on the glass.
“I thought he needed some information, so I lowered my car window,” she explained.
She said he asked her for directions to the town’s Aldi.
“Before I could know what was going on, another chap came from behind and threw something at me,” she said.
“My ear was in pain, and I wasn’t sure what had hit me. I thought it might have been a stone, as it was quite hard.
“There was this buzzing feeling in my head.”
Mrs Shastri said that when she looked down, she saw that raw egg had exploded in
her car, covering the interior and carpets.
“I was completely shocked and upset when I saw the egg. I’m really upset. I tried to help this young boy, and they played a prank on me.
“It really troubled me they could do that to someone close to the age of their mother.”
Mrs Shastri said that she was glad it didn’t hit her eye, and said that there were no serious injuries.
“I wear glasses, but if I didn’t, and it had hit my eye, it could have had a massive impact,” she said. “I could have lost an eye.”
She said that a group of young people witnessed the assault but did not see any adults in the area.
She believes the two boys may have worked together, with the first encouraging her to lower her window, while the second one threw the egg.
“The second boy ran off,
but the first one just walked away,” she said. “He didn’t seem to be in any shock at what had happened.”
Mrs Shastri said that when her son arrived, after exiting his train, he was disturbed by what had happened.
“I think I will be really wary of opening my car window ever again,” she said.
“I didn’t get out after, in case they threw another egg at me. “I just didn’t feel safe. It did shake me up.”