May 25, 2012: Engineering student held for molesting two women in Pune

TNN | May 25, 2012, 02.30AM IST

PUNE: The Sahakarnagar police on Wednesday arrested an engineering student for allegedly attacking and molesting two employees of the central railway.

The incident took place on a ground on Taljai hillock on Wednesday afternoon, when the women had come for their daily running practice. The police said the suspect, Abhishek Dinesh Singh, hails from Bihar. Singh is pursuing his engineering degree from a city-based private engineering college. One of the victims has lodged a complaint against him.

Singe was produced before the court on Thursday and released on bail after being remanded to magisterial custody.

Assistant police inspector C B Mane of the Sahakarnagar police station said that the incident took place around 3.45 pm on Wednesday. "While the two women were running, Singh approached them and pushed the complainant's friend down. Singh then started gagging her with a handkerchief," Mane said.

Mane said that when the complainant tried to rescue her friend, Singh also assaulted the complainant and hit her near her eye. "Singh also allegedly molested the victim," Mane said. Both the women raised an alarm for help. The people on the ground nabbed Singh and handed him over to the police.

Singh has been charged under sections 324 (Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) and 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code.
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