Screengrab of a CCTV camera footage showing the suspect running away after robbing the victim.
Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Bengaluru: A 30-year-old man was arrested by the Sudduguntepalya police here for trespassing into a women's paying guest (PG) accommodation, touching a tenant inappropriately and robbing her, the police said on Thursday.
The arrested is Naresh Pattem from Madanapalle in Andhra Pradesh. Pattem worked as a bike-taxi driver, the police said.
Investigations revealed that Pattem arrived in Bengaluru some time ago after getting out on bail in two robbery cases in his home town in 2021.
On August 29, between 3 am and 4 am, he was passing by the Laxmana Durga Ladies PG at BTM Layout 1st Stage when he saw the door open. He entered as the security guard was fast asleep.
He entered into the 21-year-old complainant's room, who initially thought it was her roommate returning from a night shift.
She was startled to see a man with his face covered in a handkerchief after he touched her inappropriately.
Following a brief scuffle with the victim, who was threatened with a knife, the suspect ran away after stealing Rs 2,500 that was in her room. The suspect had locked the doors of another room before entering the victim's room.
The Sudduguntepalya police analysed hundreds of CCTV camera footage and tracked down the suspect and arrested him.
A CCTV camera footage accessed by DH shows the suspect attacking the woman who chased him out of her room.
He then fled through the same staircase he had used to enter the PG. The man was inside the room for nearly two minutes before being chased out, the footage shows.