A number of young women have come up with sexual harassment allegations against a prominent tattoo artist in Kochi. While one woman alleged that Sujeesh, the tattoo artist, had kept her at needlepoint and brutally sexually assaulted at the tattoo parlour, another woman said that Sujeesh had molested her at the parlour two years ago. This tattoo parlour is famous for tattooing celebrities, including movie stars.

Following the experience shared by a young woman through the social media platform Reddit, several women came forward with similar allegations. The woman alleged that Sujeesh touched her private parts and forcibly tortured her while she was getting a tattoo. She said that she decided to get a tattoo from Sujeesh's tattoo parlour after seeing many celebrities visiting the parlour.

She said that the incident took place last week when she went to the tattoo parlour to get a tattoo on her hip.

'My tattoo was basically a vagina with angelic wings and so he started getting a little too personal and started making me feel uncomfortable "Is the tattoo because you like sex?" "Are you a virgin?" "How many times have you done it?" "Is the guy outside your boyfriend?" "Do you know about bdsm?

I was also a bit scared coz he had a goddamn needle on my spine. That's when he started loosening up my jeans more. He did ask if I was ok with it and I said yeah coz I genuinely thought it was coz he was getting to the lower parts of the tattoo. And this guy just removed my pants while he still had the needle on me. And then went into my underwear and started doing whatever. He had gloves on and asked me if I was on my period. I didn't speak. I just froze and couldn't process what was happening. He then tattooed me while I was bent over and made it more painful somehow. I didn't speak a word. I didn't say stop I didn't say no. I just felt like dying right there on the spot for being so stupid. He then just turned me around and kissed me and then he removed his pants and had sex with me from behind without a condom. My phone started ringing then. And that was the first time I spoke and I said it's my mom and I have to go back home. He said ok, fucking wiped down there again and said the tattoo is incomplete so come back on Tuesday. You don't have to pay for it. I felt so disgusted,' the post read.

Although the woman spoke to her lawyer about the incident, she was told not to expect justice as there were no witnesses or other evidence.

With the post going viral, another woman also came up with a similar allegation against Sujeesh. According to the woman, the incident took place two years ago while she was 20 years old.

'This happened to me two years ago when I was 20 years old. I was going to get one of my first tattoos and was excited about it. It was near my ribs, so I was anxious about the whole process as well. Initially, I felt that the space was safe. As this guy started tattooing me, I began to feel uncomfortable. I was asked to remove my bra and wasn't given any piece of cloth to cover my body. As a 20-year-old and a first-timer, I was unsure if all of this was okay. I wasn't sure if it was okay to stay naked through the process without any intimation for a tattoo. After some time, I realised that I was being groped and my bosoms were being touched making me feel extremely violated. Two years later, as I write this today I feel and understand that I was sexually violated and molested by Sujeesh,' she wrote on Instagram.