Bengaluru: Student accuses mobile shop owner, assistant of sexual harassment

Bengaluru: A 21-year-old engineering student has filed a complaint alleging sexual harassment by a mobile repair shop owner and his assistant in HAL.

A senior police officer said the complainant, a resident of Kundalahalli, had visited a shop named CELAP to get her phone repaired.

The owner, Sameer, replaced the screen and retained the handset for camera repair after charging Rs 3,800.

When she returned a week later, Sameer allegedly made obscene remarks about her body and passed sexually explicit comments. He also allegedly claimed he had sexually abused her friend in a hotel.

On April 6, Sameer called the student at 3 am. When she did not answer, he sent WhatsApp messages containing sexually explicit and harassing content.

On April 25, Sameer's assistant, Naushad, began sending similar messages to her. Distressed over continuous harassment by the duo, she filed a police complaint.

HAL police have registered a case against both the accused and questioned them as part of the investigation, a senior police officer said.