Odisha doctor sexually harassed while returning home in Bengaluru

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Bengaluru: A doctor who is a native of Odisha was inappropriately touched by an unidentified man in north Bengaluru, police officials said on Friday.

The incident occurred on December 17 between 12.40 am and 1 am near AGB Layout, Chikkabanavara.

According to the FIR, the 28-year-old victim was going to her PG in AGB Layout after completing her shift at a hospital. When she was walking, the unidentified person on a white scooter came close to her, stopped his vehicle and got down.

“He asked me where the bus station was and then began touching me and behaving inappropriately. I began screaming and the person fled the spot in his vehicle,” the doctor told the police.

The following afternoon, she approached the Soladevenahalli police and lodged a complaint. A case was registered under BNS Section 74 (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty).

“An investigation is underway to identify and trace the suspect,” a police investigator told DH.