US woman harassed in Chennai

CHENNAI: Police are on the look out for two persons for allegedly harassing a US woman and stealing her mobile phone and digital camera.

Police said Kelly Lawer Packer (26) and her husband Andrew Packer (30), both working in a software firm in the city, frequented a bar in a five-star hotel. On May 24 night, Kelly stayed back in the bar along with one of her bar acquaintances, Jose Mathew, while her husband left early.

Police said as per her complaint Mathew promised to drop her at her flat. However, next morning two youths found her lying on a pavement with bruise marks on her body.  She reported the incident to the US Consulate, which in turn forwarded a complaint to the police.

She had complained that Mathew and his associate took her to a place in Anna Nagar and she couldn’t recollect what happened there because she was drunk.