New Delhi, December 06: The 23-year-old was allegedly sexually harassed and physically assaulted by an advertisement firm owner and an art director in south Delhi on the pretext of giving her an assignment.
The owner of an advertisement company and his friend an art director were arrested by police after they allegedly sexually harassed a 23-year-old fashion designer on the pretext of giving her an assignment. The duo called the victim, Nikita (name changed on request) at their flat where they allegedly locked her in a room and physically assaulted her. The incident has been reported from Safdarjung area of south Delhi.
A senior police official said that Nikita lives in Defence Colony of south Delhi and has been known to the accused persons for a long time. They used to give her assignments and would pay her accordingly.
Hidden agenda
“The accused owner of an advertisement company Mohammed Rahil called the victim on the pretext of some work. However, Nikita at first turned down the offer. She told them that she had some other work to do. Rahil asked her to meet them once and called her to his flat in the area,” said the police official. He also said that when she reached the address, the victim found Sukanta Kundu (the art director) the second accused in the case was already present there. The trio talked for a while.
“Nikita again turned down their proposal and decided to leave the place. The accused closed the door from the inside and did not allow her to go. They harassed her and physically assaulted her,” said the police official. After sometime they opened the door. Nikita left and directly approached the police. The official said that when the police contacted the miscreants they said that Nikita was cooking up stories.
‘She’s lying’
“We wanted to give her some work but she perhaps wanted more money. She is lying,” they told the police. The official said that the accused were arrested. “She said that the accused on the pretext of giving her an assignment have molested her. Police lodged an FIR under section 354 (molestation) and 342 (holding a person hostage) and 34 (common intention) against them. They were both arrested by the police,” said the police
official.