Pillion rider held for sexually harassing woman on another bike
TNN | Jan 2, 2019, 08:31 IST
Representative ImageBENGALURU: A youth was arrested after a 32-year-old teacher accused him of inappropriately touching her during New Year Eve revelry near Richmond Circle on Double Road.
In the melee, the youth’s two associates walked away with the woman’s mobile phone which she had placed on her scooter’s seat, she told cops. The incident took place around 2.30am when the teacher was riding pillion with her husband. The accused, S Arun, is a truck driver and resident of Sampangirama Nagar.
“We had taken part in the celebrations at MG Road and were riding back home when the incident took place. When we were crossing Richmond Circle, a bike with three men astride it overtook us and the pillion rider touched my shoulder, shouting Happy New Year. My husband overtook the bike to ask him why he did so. The rider replied rudely saying we should have remained indoors if such a petty issue was bothering us. Heated arguments ensued, after which I realised the phone was missing,” she said.
Alerted by the public, a Hoysala vehicle rushed to the spot and caught hold of Arun while the others fled. Ashoknagar police have booked a case under IPC Section 354A (sexually harassing women).
Two students die in accidents
New Year Eve revelry turned tragic for two students who were in separate road accidents post Monday midnight.
The first accident occurred around 1.30am when G Ranjan succumbed to injuries after the bike he was riding skid off the road near Mangammana Circle. A resident of Ullal and a second-year BCom student of a private college, Ranjan was riding back home after attending a New Year party at Kengeri, police said.
“Ranjan lost control when he suddenly applied the brakes near a speed-breaker. Sustaining serious head injuries, he died while being shifted to hospital,” police said, adding “The accident took place just 750 meters behind his house.”
In the second accident, an engineering student was killed after a speeding car rammed his bike near Vijaya Bank Layout in Mico Layout, southeast Bengaluru.
S Somasandeep, a resident of Bilekahalli and final-year engineering student of an Electronics City college, was riding back home from Koramangala when the accident happened around 3.30am, police said. The car driver fled, leaving behind the vehicle.
In the melee, the youth’s two associates walked away with the woman’s mobile phone which she had placed on her scooter’s seat, she told cops. The incident took place around 2.30am when the teacher was riding pillion with her husband. The accused, S Arun, is a truck driver and resident of Sampangirama Nagar.
“We had taken part in the celebrations at MG Road and were riding back home when the incident took place. When we were crossing Richmond Circle, a bike with three men astride it overtook us and the pillion rider touched my shoulder, shouting Happy New Year. My husband overtook the bike to ask him why he did so. The rider replied rudely saying we should have remained indoors if such a petty issue was bothering us. Heated arguments ensued, after which I realised the phone was missing,” she said.
Alerted by the public, a Hoysala vehicle rushed to the spot and caught hold of Arun while the others fled. Ashoknagar police have booked a case under IPC Section 354A (sexually harassing women).
Two students die in accidents
New Year Eve revelry turned tragic for two students who were in separate road accidents post Monday midnight.
The first accident occurred around 1.30am when G Ranjan succumbed to injuries after the bike he was riding skid off the road near Mangammana Circle. A resident of Ullal and a second-year BCom student of a private college, Ranjan was riding back home after attending a New Year party at Kengeri, police said.
“Ranjan lost control when he suddenly applied the brakes near a speed-breaker. Sustaining serious head injuries, he died while being shifted to hospital,” police said, adding “The accident took place just 750 meters behind his house.”
In the second accident, an engineering student was killed after a speeding car rammed his bike near Vijaya Bank Layout in Mico Layout, southeast Bengaluru.
S Somasandeep, a resident of Bilekahalli and final-year engineering student of an Electronics City college, was riding back home from Koramangala when the accident happened around 3.30am, police said. The car driver fled, leaving behind the vehicle.
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