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Elderly Man Arrested for Molestation at Luxury Hotel in Kolkata
- •A 56-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a woman in the lobby of a luxury hotel in Kolkata.
- •The case was registered under Section 74 of the BNS at Pragati Maidan Police Station based on a written complaint from a woman residing in Dimapur, Nagaland.
- •The complainant alleged that between 12:30 AM and 1:00 AM on October 4, the accused touched her in an objectionable manner during a celebration for the Brazilian football team.
- •Police reviewed CCTV footage, identified the accused, and tracked him to a hotel room where he was arrested.
- •This incident follows a similar alleged molestation case involving a young woman at a nightclub in another luxury hotel in the city a few days prior.
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A 56-year-old man was arrested after a woman from Dimapur, Nagaland, filed a written complaint stating that he touched and harassed her in an objectionable manner in the hotel lobby between 12:30 AM and 1:00 AM on October 4. Police reviewed CCTV footage to identify the suspect and tracked him down to a hotel room for the arrest.
A case regarding the October 4 incident was officially registered under Section 74 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at the Pragati Maidan Police Station.
On September 27, a 20-year-old woman alleged that she was detained, physically assaulted, and subjected to obscene language by a 24-year-old man named Mohammad Rafe Azim and others inside a nightclub at a luxury hotel near the EM Bypass. The accused was subsequently arrested from his residence following a written complaint at the Pragati Maidan police station.
