Kin of molestation accused free him from police station
GHAZIABAD: About a dozen persons, relatives and family members of a 22-year-old man accused of molesting a woman, allegedly attacked personnel at Tronica City police station in Ghaziabad late on Monday night and escaped with the accused.
Police later traced and nabbed six persons, including two women, in connection with the ruckus, but the molestation accused managed to flee.
According to police, Rahul Kumar, a resident of Khayala village in Delhi, had come to Ilaychipur in Loni to meet his relatives on the night of December 3.
Police said he was drunk and molested a woman in Loni, near her residence.
“Hearing the woman’s cries, her neighbours arrived there and nabbed Rahul. He was taken to Signature City police post and later to Tronica City police station. While the woman’s family was getting an FIR lodged for molestation, some relatives of Rahul’s arrived at the station. They threatened and attacked the police personnel and also broke the wireless set,” an officer from Tronica City police station said.
According to police, only a head constable and a woman constable were on duty at the police station when the incident took place. Following the ruckus, the woman constable called for reinforcements.
A team on a late-night patrolling arrived there and nabbed the rioters, but Rahul managed to flee. A separate FIR for molestation was also lodged against Rahul who is presently on the run, police said.