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A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 21-year-old college student in Bengaluru. (Representative Image)
A woman was allegedly sexually assaulted in the wee hours of Sunday by an unknown biker who gave her lift
A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a 21-year-old college student while she was returning from a party in Koramangala, Bengaluru. The woman was allegedly sexually assaulted in the wee hours of Sunday by an unknown biker whom she had hitchhiked.
According to Bengaluru Police, the accused, identified as Mukeshwaran, is a dance choreographer in the city.
Mukeshwaran has no criminal antecedents and was arrested late Sunday after the police scanned footage from 150 CCTVs in a 10km stretch and 1,000 mobile numbers near the crime scene, reported Times of India.
Police informed Mukeshwaran had partied with friends and was searching for a shop to buy cigarettes when he was stopped by the girl asking for lift. He took advantage of the situation amd diverted his scooter to an isolated place and assaulted the student, the police added.
The Times of India report revealed that the man lives with his mother and four elder sisters. His father had died a few years back.
The police also stated that the man after committing the crime fled the spot and roamed aimlessly for some time before reaching home. The accused initially tried to prove himself innocent but gave in when the police sought an explanation from him for the scratches on his face.
The police were able to track down the accused and arrested him based on CCTV footage and the vehicle description provided by the victim’s friends.
“We collected footage from nearly 150 CCTV cameras over 10km, from the place where the survivor boarded the suspect’s bike to the crime scene,” a police officer said, adding, “Our technical teams had collected 1,000 mobile numbers of people present in the area at the time.”