Techie held for performing obscene act

The Gurugram police have arrested a techie for performing obscene acts near a woman at Rajiv Chowk on the Delhi-Jaipur highway.

According to the police, the accused works as an assistant manager with a private company. He was arrested based on evidence derived from reviewing footage from numerous CCTV cameras and through technical investigation. The accused will be produced in a city court on Tuesday.

The police booked an unidentified man on Thursday. Officials swung into action after the victim, who works as a model and an Instagram influencer, shared the video on social media and demanded action.

The woman said the incident occurred after she got off a bus from Jaipur on August 2. Despite sharing videos of the episode on social media platform X and tagging the police, officials and women’s welfare bodies, she alleged that no action was taken. Following this, an FIR was registered under Sections 75 (2) (sexual harassment) and 78 (stalking) of the BNS at the Civil Lines police station.

A police spokesperson said several efforts were made to identify the accused. The police team examined the footage of CCTV cameras at the crime scene and nearby areas. The police finally arrested the accused, who was identified as Abhilash Kumar (32), in Gurugram.

“During interrogation, the accused revealed that he is married and has a child. He works as an assistant manager at a company located in Sector 49, Gurugram.

He said while he was returning from a parent-teacher meeting at his son’s school to his home, he stopped at Rajiv Chowk on the way and during this time, he committed the crime. We are questioning the accused,” the spokesman said.