Man held for stalking ​, sending lewd texts to​ ​ex-girlfriend

A 29-year-old man has been arrested by the Kalachowkie police for allegedly stalking and sending lewd messages to his ex​-​girlfriend.​ ​The arrested person has been​ ​identified as Ashish Upadhyay.

According to the police, ​the girl​ had met Upadhyay, while she was interning at a private company in Kurla in 2013. Soon they became good friends and later Ashish proposed marriage​ to her ​but she refused as she wanted to concentrate on her career. Despite th​is,​ Ashish kept insisting ​that she get married to her.

“​The​ duo​ broke up​,​ but in January last year, they again began dating and broke up with​ ​in ​a ​few days as Ashish used to suspect that ​the ​victim was having another affair. After the break, Ashish continued to stalk ​the girl and harass​ing her,” a police officer​ said​.

He added, the ​girl also left her job recently ​after getting fed up with Ashish as he would stalk her from office to anywhere she would go. “Ashish had also started making abusive calls and send​ing​ lewd messages abusing her and her parents after which she lodged a police complaint,” he said.

A complaint was registered at Kalachowkie Police under section 354 (D) (stalking) and 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code. Ashish was arrested and was later granted bail by the court.