Mumbai: MNS corporator arrested for sending obscene messages to woman
Jadhav has been booked for outraging modesty of a woman and sending gestures intended to insult her under sections 354 and 509 of IPC.
The Dadar Police on Thursday arrested a sitting corporator of the BMC from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) for sending obscene messages to a woman. The accused identified as Sudhir Jadhav is corporator from ward number 184.
Jadhav has been booked for outraging modesty of a woman and sending gestures intended to insult her under sections 354 and 509 of IPC, last Friday.
Case against Jadhav:
1. The complaint was registered by a 41-year-old woman who alleged that Jadhav had come to her residence on January 28 while campaigning for his wife Snehal, who is contesting from the same ward after it was reserved for women.
2. Jadhav reportedly did not meet the complainant but her daughter as she was busy in the kitchen. The same night, the complainant started receiving obscene messages from a mobile number which she found belonged to Jadhav.
3. Jadhav sent multiple messages between 9 pm and 5 am that day. Jadhav also made voice and video calls to the complainant which she didn't answer.
4. On the next day, a Jadhav supporter approached the complainant and asked her to delete the messages that were sent by Jadhav on her mobile claiming that he had sent the messages in an inebriated state. When the complainant refused to delete the messages, Jadhav's supporters offered bribe and despite that when the woman didn't budge, she was threatened.
Also read: Mumbai: After nomination issues for BMC polls, candidates fight it out in court
5. Finally, the complainant approached the Dadar Police and filed a complaint against Jadhav, last Friday. Police carried out investigations and found that Jadhav was the one who sent messages to the complainant and based on the findings, Jadhav was arrested today.
6. "We have arrested Jadhav under sections 509 and 354 of IPC and he has been produced in court at Bhoiwada judicial magistrate court," said DCP Paramjeet Singh Dahia from Zone V of Mumbai Police.
Also read: Mumbai: Fake IAS officer felicitated by BJP, Shiv Sena nabbed