Five held for assaulting, molesting female advertising professional

Pune: Five youths have been arrested for allegedly assaulting and molesting a 22-year-old woman advertising professional more than a week ago, police said today.

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"On May 1, the woman was going to her apartment in a car along with two male friends. When they reached Lulla Nagar area, the accused, who were in a different car, started honking and teasing them," inspector Varsharani Patil of Kondhwa Police station said.

An argument ensued between the two parties and while When the complainant and her friends reached near her apartment, the accused followed and again started abusing them, the police official said."The accused then called their friends and thrashed the complainant and her two friends and also molested her," police said.

The inspector said initially the police personnel had registered a non-cognisable offence which was on Sunday changed into an FIR, following which the accused were arrested."A report has been sent to the seniors against three police personnel, who registered just an NC instead of a proper FIR and did not inform their seniors about the incident," Patil said.All the accused were produced in court, which released them on bail.