MAPUSA
An Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) police constable has been arrested for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman whom he had been stalking for the past several months.
Police are on the lookout for his accomplice who was also involved in the criminal act.
The accused has been identified as Suraj Shailendra Saxena, a police constable and a resident of Chimbel. He was posted at the Raj Bhavan.
In her statement to the police, the victim said the accused along with his friend Babit Naik followed her and had been forcing her to befriend him.
“On Friday last week, he followed her and further abused her and her husband and further threatened her husband with dire consequences,” said Jivba Dalvi, Mapusa SDPO.
The complainant besides narrating the incident has also produced a video of the entire event, police informed.
The police further informed that the accused has been harassing the woman for quite some time.
An FIR has been registered under Sections 504 (insult and provoke breach of peace), 354-D (stalking), 509 (outraging modesty) and 506 (ii) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the accused at Mapusa Police Station.
Police sources informed that the woman was his ex-girlfriend, but now she was married and settled in Bardez.
Senior police officials informed that the department will also submit a report against the IRB cop on the incident which could possibly lead to his suspension and even dismissal.
Further investigation is on.
