Vijayawada, April 15: Police commissioner Amit Garg today ruled out the possibility of eve- teasing in the case of Tejeswari Sirisha who lost her three fingers when a motorcycle hit her near Sowmya theatre in One Town on April 10.
Sirisha, an MBA student of Amruta Sai College at Paritala, is now undergoing treatment at NIMS in Hyderabad.
Speaking to newsmen here, the police commissioner said a case under Section 338 of IPC was registered against motorcycle rider Oleti Lokesh (20) for causing the accident with his rash driving. A police team was sent to Hyderabad to record the statement of Sirisha, he said.
Denying the report that it was a case of eve-teasing, the police commissioner said they did not receive any complaint in this regard.
The mishap occurred while Sirisha was going along with her mother.
Lokesh, a worker in a lorry body building unit at Autonagar who was produced before the media, said the mishap occurred while he was going on a motorcycle with his friend Diwakar and relative Ramakrishna, who were pillion-riding. Near Sowmya theatre, the motorcycle handle hit Sirisha and she fell down. Her fingers got crushed.
When a large number of people thronged the place soon after the mishap, Lokesh said he fled fearing threat to his life. He said when he informed the matter to his sister and brother-in-law, they rushed to the spot and admitted Sirisha to a private hospital. Lokesh denied the charge of eve-teasing as he got married two months ago.
Amit Garg said the police registered a case soon after the mishap and recorded the statements of Sirisha and her mother.
The police would take the help of forensic experts in the case investigation. The Sections of the case would be altered basing on the statement of Sirisha if Lokesh tried to attack her, he said.
Meanwhile, the relatives of Sirisha alleged that it was a clear case of eve-teasing. Student and women’s organisations staged a protest at Raghavaiah Park demanding that Lokesh be punished for teasing Sirisha which resulted in loss of her three fingers.
–Agencies