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Man, 23, sexually abuses 50-year-old pet caretaker

Last Updated 19 January 2018, 19:40 IST

 A 23-year-old man has been arrested for molesting a 50-year-old petsitter near Bannerghatta Road, South Bengaluru.  

Shivakumar, a filling station attendant, is accused of misbehaving with the woman around 9 pm on January 10. She takes care of two canines belonging to Dr Prakash R Kota, an industrialist from Basavanapura, off Bannerghatta Road. She has been living in at Kota's house for the past year. The filling station is located next to the house.  

In a police complaint on Wednesday, the woman alleged that Shivakumar  groped her when she was sitting outside Kota's house. When she screamed for help, he pushed her and fled the  spot.  

Kota said he was not in town when the incident took place and that his staff had called the  Namma100 emergency  line but police neither visited the spot nor took any  immediate  action. He said he visited the police station on January 15 and submitted the CCTV footage of the incident, but police refused to open a  case unless the woman gave a written complaint.  

Police have booked Shivakumar  under IPC sections 354 (sexual harassment), 441 (criminal trespassing) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a  woman). A court has remanded him in  judicial custody.

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(Published 19 January 2018, 18:48 IST)

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