The police in Bengaluru on Thursday introduced the arrest of a motorcycle taxi rider who allegedly trespassed right into a paying visitor facility for girls, inappropriately touched a tenant, and stole cash from her room.
The Suddaguntepalya police, who recognized the arrested man as Naresh Pattem, 30, a local of Madanapalli in Andhra Pradesh who was dwelling in Digital Metropolis, stated that he had beforehand been concerned in theft instances in Bengaluru.
The newest incident befell on the Laxmana Durga Girls PG in BTM 1st Stage between 3 and 4am on August 29.
Pattem had arrived in Bengaluru after securing bail in two theft instances from his hometown in 2021.
Whereas passing by, he discovered that the door of the PG facility was open and that the safety guard was asleep, in response to the police.
Pattem allegedly entered the room of the girl, who initially mistook him for her roommate returning after work. However she was shocked to find that the intruder was a masked man. When he touched her inappropriately, the girl protested, the police stated. He then allegedly threatened her with a knife and engaged in a quick wrestle together with her earlier than stealing Rs 2,500 from her room.
In line with the police, CCTV cameras captured the whole incident, displaying the masked assailant being chased by the girl as he fled by the identical staircase he used to enter the constructing. It additionally revealed that he had spent roughly two minutes on the PG facility’s premises earlier than escaping.
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A police officer stated, “With a purpose to stop getting caught if somebody raised an alarm, Naresh locked neighbouring rooms from exterior earlier than coming into the room of the sufferer. Ranging from the PG, we adopted his path by analysing lots of of items of CCTV footage and ultimately caught him.”
The police arrested Pattem beneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 75 (sexual harassment), 76 (assault or use of felony pressure in opposition to a girl with intent to disrobe her), and 329 (3) (felony trespass).