Teenager threatened of acid attack for spurning proposal

VADODARA: A spurned man threatened a 16-year-old girl of acid attack in Dabhoi for rejecting his proposal for marriage.
Police have registered an offence of sexual harassment, criminal intimidation and violation of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against Jameel Jambusaria on Saturday and have also detained the accused.
In her complaint, the minor girl aid she got in touch with the accused on a social media platform around six months ago. While chatting her up, he also took the girl’s mobile phone number and started calling her up. The girl alleged that Jambusaria would keep calling her to his home and when she refused, would threaten her of jumping off the terrace of his house and blaming her in his suicide note.
Jambusaria allegedly stalked the girl wherever she went and finally irritated by his threat, she met him.
The accused held her hand and clicked her photos on his mobile against her wishes. The girl alleged that later Jambusaria asked her to talk to her parents about their marriage. While she refused saying that she is young and not interested in marrying him, the accused became furious.
“He told the girl that she will have to marry him no matter what and if she continues opposing his proposal, he will throw acid on her face,” said a police official, adding that though she left the place immediately, the accused continued to trouble her.
Tired of the harassment, the girl finally told her parents and also approached the police. “We have kept him in quarantine as his Covid-19 test result is awaited,” said a Dabhoi police official.