A person broke right into a girls’s paying visitor (PG) lodging in Bengaluru, the place he allegedly sexually harassed and robbed a 21-year-old resident earlier than escaping.
In keeping with the Bengaluru police, the incident occurred within the PG between 3 and 4 am on August 29. The sufferer initially mistook the intruder for her roommate, who she thought was getting back from work.
The police mentioned the person allegedly touched the girl inappropriately. When the girl protested upon seeing the knife-wielding attacker, he threatened her to stay silent. He additionally bodily assaulted her a number of instances, in keeping with the First Data Report (FIR) filed by the police.
The perpetrator had locked one other room from exterior earlier than getting into the sufferer’s. After stealing Rs 2,500 from the girl’s room, the masked intruder fled.
Safety digital camera footage captured the assault, exhibiting the assailant, together with his face coated, being chased by the sufferer. The footage confirmed he spent roughly two minutes inside earlier than escaping through the identical staircase he used to enter the Bengaluru PG.
The police have registered a case underneath sections 75 (sexual harassment), 76 (assault or use of prison power to lady with intent to disrobe) and 329 (3) (prison traspass) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
In August, an intruder entered a PG in Yelahanka and robbed a cell phone price Rs 1 lakh. The sufferer, Sushma HC, an assistant engineer at Bescom’s Yelahanka C-7 workplace, had joined the lodging simply 15 days in the past.