The Delhi Police has arrested three Afghan nationals for assaulting and molesting a 19-year-old woman compatriot. The incident took place on Saturday night when the victim and his fiancé had come to celebrate Afghanistan Day at upmarket Saket Select Citywalk in South.
Police investigations revealed that the accused has also thrashed and abused victim’s fiancé when he objected to their boorish and abusive behaviour. The three accused were arrested from the spot.
The victim in her statement to the police said that she stays in london and came to Delhi on February 17 on her vacation. “She had checked in a hotel in Paharganj area of Central Delhi. She, along with her brother and fiancé, had gone to celebrate Afghanistan’s new year at Select Citywalk.
She and fiancé came out of the mall and were about to board a vehicle for their hotel when the fracas took place. It was around 11 pm when three Afghan nationals in an inebriated condition came and started passing lewd comments on them, a senior police officer said.
The girl and her fiancé objected to their behaviour. The accused persons started hurling abuses at her and molested her too. When her fiancé objected, they started abusing him and thrashed him. The victims managed to raise an alarm and some passersby made a call to the police control room (PCR). The police rushed to the spot and the victims were taken to nearby hospital.
On the basis of the victim’s statement, a case was registered under Sections of 354 (molestation), 323 (causing hurt), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 34 of IPC at Saket police station, the officer added.
The accused are identified as Salim, Gul Rehman and Hajeebullah, all residents of Hauz Rani area. Further investigations are going on, said the police officer.