Bengaluru police arrest six for harassment of women
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Bengaluru, Nov 25 (DHNS): The six men, who allegedly tried to forcefully enter a car with five women sitting inside near a well-known jewellery showroom on M G Road recently, have been arrested by the Cubbon Park police.
The suspects have been identified as Nagesh, a resident of Whitefield and a sales executive at a private firm, Harish, a driver from R T Nagar, Devaraj, a labourer from Whitefield, Kiran, a BA student from Hosur in Tamil Nadu, Satish, a driver, and Subramani, owner of a provision store. They are all aged between 22 and 26, City Police Commissioner M N Reddi said at a press conference on Tuesday.
According to the police, the five women—two of them married—had gone to a restaurant on Lavelle Road for dinner. The husbands of the married women accompanied them. The men then went to get their cars that were parked in a reputed club nearby. The women went to an ice cream parlour, along with a driver, in another car around 11.30 pm.
The police said that the driver parked the car near a jewellery showroom and went to the parlour to buy ice cream. Soon, a gang of six men approached the car and tried to open the door. One of the women locked the door from inside, while another clicked pictures of the men, the police added. The men stood near the car for a short time and went away, said the police. Later, the women lodged a complaint with the Cubbon Park police.
The police gathered details from the women and obtained the footage of CCTV cameras installed near the spot. During the verification of mobile phone calls, the police found that around 200 calls were generated at that time. During the scrutiny, the police tracked one of the numbers that led to the whereabouts of a suspect. Based on his inputs, they arrested the remaining five.
Investigators are interrogating the six men to ascertain why they indulged in such an act and if they were involved in similar offences in the past, Reddi added.
Earlier Report
Bengaluru: Women in car harassed, caught on camera
Bengaluru, Nov 25 (PTI): In a nightmarish experience caught on camera, five women sitting in a car were stalked and harassed by unidentified men in the heart of the city with their screams for help going unnoticed.
The incident happened on Saturday around 11:30 pm when the women on a weekend outing stopped their car near an ice cream parlour on MG Road and found to their shock unidentified men trying to open the doors of their vehicle.
As they were seated inside waiting for their driver who had gone to pick up ice cream for them, the men stared at them, stood around the vehicle and tried to open the doors, according to the complaint lodged by one of the victims.
Police said according to the complaint, first, three men were seen staring at them and they were later joined by two others who tried to open the car door.
They even tried to open the door with an object on getting to know that the door was locked, the complaint said.
As the women started raising alarm by repeatedly screaming for help and honking, the men fled from the spot, police said.
The women even managed to take video of the men, which they have submitted to the police. The grainy video shows the men standing around and the women crying for help persistently.
DCP(Central) Sandeep Patil said their husbands were in a different car near the place where the incident happened. City police are on the lookout for culprits.
"....certain sections have been invoked like stalking, criminal intimidation and outraging the modesty of the women. Let the investigation take place. Let us detect the case. Let us nab the culprits," City Police Commissioner M N Reddi told reporters here.