A retired septuagenarian army colonel who stays alone in Delhi has been arrested for allegedly molesting a seven-year-old girl in the same apartment.
The ex-army man, 75, allegedly a serial offender, was thrashed by the residents, after which a police complaint was filed
A retired septuagenarian army colonel who stays alone in Delhi has been arrested for allegedly molesting a seven-year-old girl in the same apartment.
The 75-year-old, whose family lives abroad, is a resident of Dwarka in the southwest of the capital, police said on Thursday. 바카라We have arrested him,바카라 said the station house officer at Dwarka Sector-9, where a case has been registered against the man, who sources claimed was a serial offender.
The alleged crime was first reported on social media by a senior journalist who stays in the same apartment of the 바카라victim바카라 and the accused. Former Tehelka editor Mathew Samuel had on Tuesday described on Facebook about the incident.
Samuel, who lives in the same apartment as that of the victim and the accused, described the incident on Facebook.
Speaking to Outlook later, Samuel said the alleged incident took place on the apartment바카라s eighth floor, three floors above his flat. 바카라On Tuesday morning, down the ground floor, I saw a few women thrashing an old man. It was then I came to know about this horrendous incident.바카라
Samuel said he went to see the 바카라victim바카라, and saw her crying. 바카라At this, I called the police, and informed them of the incident,바카라 he said. A complaint was registered by the police, who also recorded the statement by the girl바카라s parents, he added.
A PTI report, quoting preliminary investigation, says the Resident Welfare Association had received similar complaints against the accused in the past, but the police were not informed about any.