CCTV footage shows the suspect fleeing via the same staircase he used to enter the PG.
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Bengaluru: A knife-wielding man entered a paying guest facility in southeastern Bengaluru, touched a woman inappropriately and fled after robbing her, police officials said on Sunday.
The incident occurred on August 29. The complainant, a 21-year-old woman, stays at Laxmana Durga Ladies PG in BTM 1st Stage.
According to the FIR registered on August 29 by the Suddaguntepalya police, between 3 am and 4 am, the woman felt someone had entered her room, but assumed it was her roommate who had returned late from work. She felt someone touch her legs and hands and was startled to see a man in the room.
When she saw the man holding the knife and screamed, he allegedly threatened her to keep quiet and hit her a few times, the FIR noted.
The man, who had locked another room from the outside, fled after stealing Rs 2,500 from the complainant's room.
CCTV footage accessed by DH showed the man, who covered his face with a handkerchief, attacking the woman.
She chased him out of her room. He then fled via the same staircase he used to enter the PG. The man was inside the room for nearly two minutes. An investigation is under way, officials said.