Probe reveals B’luru ‘molestation’ was fake

The accused is in a relationship with his sister-in-law and decided to stage the molestation because she wouldn’t be able to find a match then.

BENGALURU: A man tried to use the spate of molestation allegations in India’s IT hub as a decoy to marry his sister-in-law with whom he was having an extra-marital affair, police said on Sunday.

Footage from a CCTV camera showed a man stalking a burqaclad woman on a deserted road on Friday. Another video, later in the day, showed wounds on her lips, tongue, hand and toes as she tried to resist the alleged molester.

Deputy commissioner of police (east division) Ajay Hilori said investigators found that it was a set-up. The alleged stalker is the woman’s brother-in-law and he plotted the incident meticulously because her parents were trying to marry her off. “The duo is in a relationship and decided to stage the molestation because she wouldn’t be able to find a match then. The accused thought he could then convince his wife to let him marry her sister,” the officer said. AJAY HILORI, Deputy commissioner of police (east division)

The idea came after watching television channels that aired footage from a surveillance camera of a woman being molested by two men riding a two-wheeler in the Kammanahalli area of the city on New Year’s Eve. Hilori said the accused surveyed the area for cameras and staged the incident.

The man was so confident about his plot that he who took the “victim” to the police station and helped officers detect the video. But he didn’t know there was another camera nearby capturing the “post-molestation” scene. The accused later reportedly confessed to the crime.