Police arrested 22-year-old stalker for throwing acid on minor.
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Bengaluru: A 22-year-old man was detained by the Karnataka Police in Ramanagara for reportedly throwing acid at a 17-year-old woman after she repeatedly turned down his advances, ANI reported.
The suspect was recognized by the police as Sumanth, a Kanakapura inhabitant who lives 60 kilometres from Bengaluru. The occasion occurred on Friday night time whereas the kid and her youthful brother have been wandering near their residence.
Sumanth made a proposal to her, however she refused him as soon as extra. Sumanth was holding an acid-filled bottle. In the direction of her face, he tossed it. Locals flocked to the scene because the sufferer wailed in agony. When that point got here, Sumant fled the world on a two-wheeler, in accordance with the police.
“The sufferer was rushed to Bengaluru for additional therapy. She suffered second-degree burns on her eye, partially damaging it,” the police mentioned.
The suspect was apprehended by the police on Saturday in a pal’s room near Sathanur.
A case was filed by the Kanakapura city police underneath the Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offenses (Pocso) Act and Indian Legal Code (IPC) part 326A (voluntarily inflicting grievous damage by use of acid).
In response to the investigations, Sumant had been bothering the woman for nearly a yr.
On Saturday, Girls and Little one Improvement Minister Halappa Achar visited the sufferer’s members of the family and harassed that the federal government had zero tolerance in direction of such incidents.
The sufferer suffered injury to his eyes, shoulders, and again. The sufferer’s household will obtain all help, and she or he is responding nicely to the remedy, the minister mentioned.
