A 25-year-old man was held for misbehaving with two women on the busy Ejipura Main Road in Vivek Nagar Saturday evening.
Accused Johnson, a construction labourer and an alcoholic, has been stalking the 27-year-old woman and her sister. They were en route to an ATM.
Johnson waylaid them, speaking to them in Kannada. The sisters said they did not understand the language and tried to walk away. The accused then touched one of the women inappropriately.
The victim raised an alarm prompting another woman passing by. An enraged Johnson assaulted the victim with a stone, kicking her in the abdomen. Passersby rushed to the women’s help. They alerted the police, who rushed to the spot.
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