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BENGALURU: A 21-year-old pistillate residing astatine a paying impermanent (PG) accommodation successful Jnanajyothinagar connected Ullal Main Road was allegedly stalked and assaulted by a antheral she befriended connected Instagram connected Monday day (December 22).
Following a ailment filed by the victim, the Jnanabharathi constabulary swung into enactment and arrested the accused, identified arsenic Naveen Kumar N (29), a nonmigratory of Billamaranahalli adjacent Yelahanka. The victim, Archana (name changed), a autochthonal of Shringeri successful Chikkamagaluru district, had moved to Bengaluru astir 2 years agone and was moving arsenic a tele-caller astatine a developer’s firm. According to her ailment filed with the Jnanabharathi police, the incidental occurred betwixt 3.20 p.m. and 3.40 pm.
She stated that connected September 30, portion moving arsenic a tele-caller, she had posted an advertisement related to her steadfast connected Instagram. Naveen Kumar saw the station and responded to it. After a fewer days of chatting connected Instagram, they exchanged telephone numbers. Thereafter, Naveen allegedly began contacting her often done calls and messages and aboriginal started gathering her often successful Nagarabhavi. For the archetypal 3 months, his behaviour was cordial. However, the pistillate alleged that helium aboriginal began forcing her to judge his connection of love, contempt her repeatedly telling him that she was not interested.
She further alleged that Naveen continued to harass and travel her whenever she stepped retired of her PG oregon workplace, refusing to permission her unsocial and tracking her movements wherever she went. Unable to carnivore the harassment, the pistillate discontinue her occupation astatine the developer’s steadfast and shifted to a PG. Despite this, the accused allegedly continued to travel her to the PG premises. She alleged that helium verbally abused her and physically assaulted her connected respective occasions. On December 22, astir 3.20 pm, erstwhile she stepped retired of the PG on with her person connected a scooter, Naveen allegedly intercepted them successful a car and assaulted her by hitting her connected the head, back, and neck. She besides accused him of attempting to teardrop her apparel during the attack. The unfortunate instantly alerted the constabulary by calling the exigency helpline 112. However, by the clip constabulary unit reached the spot, the accused had fled. Based connected her complaint, the constabulary registered a lawsuit nether Sections 74 (assault oregon usage of transgression unit to a pistillate with intent to outrage her modesty), 75 (sexual harassment), 76 (assault oregon usage of transgression unit to a pistillate with intent to disrobe), 78 (stalking), 79 (word, gesture, oregon enactment intended to insult the modesty of a woman), and 351 (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The constabulary arrested Naveen Kumar soon after. During interrogation, helium claimed that aft getting acquainted done Instagram, they fell successful emotion and aboriginal developed disputes. He stated that Archana blocked his mobile fig and societal media accounts, which near him frustrated. He allegedly went adjacent her PG to speech to her, and erstwhile she refused, helium assaulted her successful anger, a elder constabulary serviceman said. Deputy commissioner of Police (South-West) Anitha B. Haddannavar said the accused was arrested wrong 24 hours of the lawsuit being registered and that further probe is nether way.
