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21-yr-old molested, lodges complaint after a year

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A 21-year-old woman from Vartak Nagar in Thane was molested by a 29-year-old man for a year.

However, after a complaint lodged by the victim, on December 7, the accused, Yogesh Sakat was arrested by the Vartak Nagar police officials. The accused used to stalk the victim whenever she stepped out of the house for any work. The accused has followed the girl many a times and even asked her to marry him. The victim rejected his proposal several times, after which she was slapped and physically abused by the accused.

Sakat used to clean vehicles in the same area and has threatened the woman against his proposal. In his threat, he had claimed to hurt both, himself and the victim. The accused was booked under sections 354(Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 323(Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 504(Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation).
The victim, suffering from the trauma from past one year was under continuous stress. The family members of the victim were also scared of the accused, he posed a threat to them as well. The victim was inappropriately touched and verbally abused from last one year as she constantly retaliated.

S Kulkarni from Vartak Nagar police station said, "We have arrested the accused and have sent the him to the court. We have asked for police custody so that we can investigate the matter with the accused. However, during investigations, we have got to know that the victim lodged a complaint after a year because she was scared of the accused hurting her family members."

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