A 22-year-old girl was abducted while she was speaking on her mobile phone in front of her paying guest (PG) accommodation at Katriguppe by a man, who took her to an under-construction building nearby and allegedly tried to rape her.
She cried out for help, but the few passers-by remained mute spectators. The next morning she approached the police, but they allegedly failed to take action. The incident took place late on April 23.
The police registered a complaint around 5 p.m. on Monday after footage from a CCTV camera fixed at a house in the neighbourhood emerged. The footage is nearly one minute long.
Bite saves woman
According to the woman, she resisted the attacker, whom she was seeing for the first time, and escaped after biting his hand.
She is from Manipur and works in a beauty clinic at Kalyan Nagar. Minutes before the incident, she had been dropped off outside the PG by her friend.
Just as she was about to enter the PG accommodation, she received a call from the friend who had dropped her. While she was speaking on the phone, the man grabbed her from behind and took her to an under-construction building.
She alleged that the PG owner, Manjunath, had requested her to avoid filing a complaint. But she approached the C.K. Achukattu police.
However, she alleged, they failed to act on her complaint. The police have now taken up a case of attempt to rape and abduction.
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N.S. Megharikh, City Police Commissioner
“There was no lapse on our part. The jurisdictional police rushed to the spot based on the information provided by the locals, and they inspected the area. The police even asked the PG owner and the victim to file a complaint, but they both refused. However, the police obtained CCTV footage from the area anyway to identify the man.”
Manjula Manasa, chairperson, Karnataka State Commission for Women
“While the incident is alarming, there also appears to be gross negligence on the part of the police in not filing a case immediately. The police need to order a through investigation into this case and ensure that the officer who neglected this issue is penalised.”
