Published On : Fri, Aug 24th, 2018

Two women molested in Belatrodi, Ganeshpeth in separate incidents

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Nagpur: In two different cases of molestation, a 31-year old and a 57-year old woman were allegedly molested under the jurisdiction of Belatrodi and Ganeshpeth police station, respectively.

In first incident, accused Akash Maniklaal Agrawal (40), resident of Swastik Apartment, Manish Nagar allegedly molested 31-year old divorced victim in his car on the pretext of showing her his business site and house on Thursday evening.

It is learnt that the accused wanted to marry the victim. He told the survivor that his wife is dead and used to frequently approach with marriage proposal. However on August 23, the accused approached her again, this time, on pretext of showing her his house. After the victim boarded in his car, Akash allegedly made his sexual advances.

Subsequently the victim rushed to Beltarodi police station and lodged a complaint. Beltarodi police have registered a case against accused Akash under section 354, 354 (A), 354 (D), 419 of IPC.

Meanwhile, in a similar incident under jurisdiction of Ganeshpeth police station, accused Vilash Devchand Hingankar (39), resident of Sonegaon had repeatedly sent text message to a 57-year old woman with objectionable content, between August 23 and 24. The tormentor also allegedly abused her and outraged her modesty.

Followed by compliant, Ganeshpeth police station has booked accused Vilas under section 354 (D) and sub section 67(A) IT Act. Further probe is underway.