Ahmedabad: News channel anchor stalked, accused held

AHMEDABAD: A news anchor with a Gujarati channel on Wednesday filed a complaint of stalking and sexual harassment as a man driving his car stalked the woman riding her scooter. She said the man made obscene gestures towards her.
Vastrapur police identified the accused as Bhavin Patel, 33, a resident of Naranpura, and arrested him a few hours after the complaint was lodged. Patel manufactures boxes for pharmaceutical products, said inspector Y B Jadeja of Vastrapur police.
According to the FIR filed by the 28-year-old woman, she was travelling from Gandhinagar towards Ahmedabad late on Tuesday evening. At that time, she realized at Chharodi Crossroads on SG Road that a car was following her. At TGB Crossroads on SG Road too she found the car behind her.
Scared with this, she used a different way to get rid of the car driver and drove towards Mansi Circle. But he was constantly stalking her. When she stopped at Mansi Circle, the accused made obscene gestures towards her, said a police official.
She, then, called up police control room but before the cops reached there, the accused had fled from the spot. As it was late night, she did not go to police station to file the complaint.
Late on Wednesday night, she moved a complaint with Vastrapur police. The cops arrested the accused and charged him for stalking and sexual harassment.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)