The police arrested the proprietor of a Paying Visitor (PG) facility in South Bengaluru on June 23 for allegedly raping a 21-year-old nursing graduate, who lives within the lodging, after he reportedly confronted her over the theft of some jewelry.
In line with the police, the person allegedly sexually assaulted her on June 21 when the girl, on being caught after stealing the rings of different residents, requested him to not report the incident to the police. The girl, who joined the PG facility on June 15, reportedly stole two diamond rings and one gold ring on June 20 earlier than allegedly disconnecting the CCTV digicam wires on her ground, stated the police.
“When the theft was reported, the PG facility proprietor summoned all occupants and threatened to file a police grievance if the objects weren’t returned. He additionally talked about reviewing CCTV footage, which created a concern within the sufferer. So she hid one ring in one other room on the identical ground, and gave two rings to a pal who lives close by,” stated an officer.
In line with the police, the alleged theft was uncovered when one of many residents knowledgeable the PG facility proprietor relating to the sufferer’s concern over the potential of retrieving visuals from disconnected cameras following a dialog she had along with her.
On June 21, the person confronted the sufferer, forcing her to disclose the placement of one of many hidden rings. When the ring was found in one other resident’s room, she slapped the girl. Fearing that different visitors would assault her, the person remoted the sufferer in a room underneath the pretext of conducting an inquiry, the police stated.
In her presence, the person known as one of many ladies whose rings have been misplaced on video and instructed the sufferer to disclose the placement of the remaining stolen objects. He additionally knowledgeable her boyfriend in Tumakuru concerning the theft.
“As soon as the rings have been discovered, he disconnected the decision. Instantly, she fell at his ft and pleaded to let her go and to not inform the police. However the PG facility proprietor misused the susceptible second and assaulted her sexually,” a police officer stated.
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In line with one other officer, the sufferer didn’t file a grievance concerning the sexual assault, however known as the police to the PG facility on the identical day, and requested them to talk to her boyfriend to make clear that she wasn’t a thief and that there was no case in opposition to her. The police stated the PG facility proprietor informed them that there was no theft and that she was harmless, allegedly to cowl up his crime.
After her boyfriend didn’t imagine what the police informed him, she visited the close by police station the following day, on June 22, with the identical request. Regardless of the police’s reassurances, her boyfriend maintained a distance from her, prompting her to journey to Tumakuru. “On reaching Tumakuru, she informed her boyfriend that she was raped by the PG facility proprietor, and that he had unfold the information that she was a thief to cowl up his crime,” stated an investigating officer.
Her boyfriend, a lawyer, then despatched her to a hospital in Bengaluru for a medical examination. The hospital’s medico-legal case (MLC) report established sexual assault on the girl, based mostly on which the police registered a case and arrested the PG facility proprietor.
In the meantime, the police additionally recorded the statements of the residents of the PG facility who confirmed the theft of rings and the sufferer’s function in it. As per police data, the sufferer was beforehand concerned in one other theft case.