An apparently hostile attitude of the neighbourhood residents forced the 17-year-old girl and her family to remain confined within their house on Thursday. Speaking to The Hindu , she recounted a tale of alleged mental and physical agony and blackmail.
“Whenever I would be returning from tuitions, he would catch me and molest me. Sometimes he would chase me and beat me up,” the minor said.
“He would threaten to harm me if he saw me speaking to another boy. He would blackmail me by threatening to harm himself,” she said. She alleged that when she discontinued her friendship with him, Vinod would slit his arms with blades and would bang his head against the wall in her presence.
The alleged harassment had been reported to the police around two years ago as well. The police said that the two families had settled the issue with Vinod’s father giving a written statement that he would keep the boy in check. “I could not take it any longer and decided to approach the police so that he could be warned to keep away from me. I told the police I do not want a formal case against him,” the class XI girl said.
