A 27-year-old Delhi-based businessman has been arrested for stalking a prominent singer, who currentlylives in Mumbai. The victim, a resident of Greater Kailash, has also acted in a Bollywood movie.
In her complaint, she accused him of pretending to be the son of a noted industrialist. Following up on her allegation, an FIR was registered against him on charges of impersonation and outraging the modesty of a woman.
Police said the accused has been identified as Tarun Singh, a resident of Rajouri Garden who runs a spare parts business in Delhi. “The arrest was made on Tuesday following a complaint by the 26-year-old victim, who claimed that the accused was stalking and threatening her,” the officer said.
The victim met Singh at a common friend’s party a few months ago. The accused introduced himself as Daksh Oberoi, an owner of a stud farm. “They exchanged numbers and some meetings later, they started dating. Some months later, the accused proposed marriage to her,” said the police officer, adding, as soon as the victim accepted his marriage proposal, he started avoiding her.
She called his bluff when a friend informed her that he had found a Facebook profile of ‘Daksh’ wherein he had stated his name as Tarun Singh.
“The victim found he had been proposing marriage to a number of women on his friend list,” the officer added.
Based on the victim’s complaint, a case was registered under Sections 354-A (passing lewd comments and outraging the modesty of the victim), 354-D (stalking), 419 (punishment for cheating by impersonation), 506 (threatening) and 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Greater Kailash Police Station of South-East Delhi.