Indian inventor creates lipstick gun ‘for women’s safety’
Indian inventor creates wearable gadgets to help safeguard women from sexual harassment.
An aspiring inventor from the northern Indian city of Varanasi has developed security gadgets for women, using weaponised lipsticks, purses and sandals to fight against sexual harassment.
This video shows inventor Shyam Chaurasia giving a demonstration of the products, which include a purse, sandals and lipstick fitted with an in-built blank-round gun.
“The lipstick gun is especially for women’s safety, not only for Indian women, but wherever women are facing harassment and rape,” Chaurasia said.
“After seeing the crime against women, I developed some products. This is a prototype device but is fully functioning.”
Chaurasia is currently working on patenting his inventions.
This report was edited by Al Jazeera NewsFeed’s Natalia Faisal.