Shahpura police have booked a youth for molesting and assaulting an 18-year-old girl at Sarwadharam Colony on Thursday; the accused was acquainted and was scheduled to marry victim.
Police said that the accused, identified as Pankaj Sharma molested the victim at a programme at her relative’s house in Sarwadharam Colony.
The victim lodged a complaint with the Shahpura police against the accused who had molested her while was near dancing stage at the programme.
The accused molested her and when she opposed he assaulted her.
Based on the complaint, the police have registered a case under sections 354, 354 A, 294, and 506 of the IPC and have started search for the accused who went absconding after the complaint was lodged.
During the investigation, police found that the victim and accused got engaged a month ago and scheduled to marry but later when victim’s family found that the accused is heavily addicted and was unemployed they refused to marry their daughter with the accused which irked the accused and later he molested the victim on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Khajuria police have booked a man for molesting his 20-year-old sister-in-law on Thursday at his house in Bairagarh Kalan.
According to police, the victim came to meet her elder sister four days ago and on Thursday when her sister was doing some work accused molested the victim and when she opposed and raised alert accused escaped the spot.