22-year old girl abducted, molested in Bengaluru

A 22-year-old Northeastern girl was abducted, taken to an under construction site by a 24-year-old rowdy on the night of April 23, just metres away from her paying guest accommodation. Even more shocking was the reaction of local residents, who neither came to the rescue of the girl, nor did they alert the police, though she raised an alarm.

The entire incident was captured in a CCTV camera, put up at the PG accommodationat Kathriguppe in C.K. Achchukattu police limits. Kalyani (name change), who hails from Manipur and works at a private beauty clinic, had returned



from her work from Kalyan Nagar and was standing near her PG when she was grabbed from behind by the accused while she was on a call with a friend around 9.50 pm.

She said, “The man had covered my mouth with his hand. I bit his palm and he was taken aback. When I again started screaming, he got scared and ran away, abusing me in Kannada.”

City Police Commissioner N.S. Megharikh said that the attacker is a rowdy, Akshay. “Our team arrested him based on the CCTV footage and the information provided by the local residents, who had seen him in the area.