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The Jnanabharati constabulary connected Thursday arrested a 19-year-old antheral for allegedly sexually harassing a 25-year-old city-based advocate and stealing her mobile telephone successful Jnanabharathi. The incidental occurred connected November 7, portion the unfortunate was walking her favored dog.
The accused, identified arsenic Vignesh, moving arsenic a cleaning unit astatine a matrimony hall, was returning location from work. He noticed the unfortunate walking the canine successful an isolated spot and approached her connected the pretext of petting the canine and allegedly molested the victim. Shocked, the unfortunate pushed him and raised alarm for help.
In the melee, her mobile telephone fell down.
Panicked by her reaction, the accused picked up the telephone and escaped. He ran 500 metres distant from the country of crime, hid the telephone by digging up the crushed and covered it with mud and took structure astatine an nether operation location until 3 a.m. erstwhile the constabulary reached the spot and searched for him.
After the constabulary left, the accused slid retired of his hideout and reached location successful Byadarahalli. Meanwhile, the constabulary gathered the CCTV footage, obtained his image, and with the assistance of section intelligence, identified and tracked him down.
The accused allegedly confessed to the transgression and based connected his information, the constabulary recovered the mobile telephone and returned it to the victim.
The accused has been charged with conception 74 (assault oregon usage of transgression unit against a pistillate with the intent to outrage her modesty), 75 (sexual harassment), 303 (theft) and 115 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and remanded him successful judicial custody.
