CHANDIGARH: Two men were arrested here on Wednesday on the charges of passing lewd comments on a girl and assaulting her in full public view on the dividing road of Sectors 44 and 45.
The girl told police that these men-identified as
Ravinder Singh of Sector 45 and
Mohammad Wasim of the small flats in Dhanas-had been stalking her for a long time.
They were booked under Sections 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 354 (assault or criminal force to outrage a woman's modesty), 354-B (assault or criminal force to disrobe a woman), 323 (punishment for causing injuries) and 34 (common intent in crime) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Sector-34 police station and, later, arrested them, Sector-34 station house officer (SHO) inspector
Ajay Kumar has confirmed.
It could not be confirmed if the accused expected have been produced in court.
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