New Delhi, May 07: A 28- YEAR- OLD stage emcee was allegedly molested by her friend in his car on the pretext of giving her a lift in RK Puram on Wednesday.
The matter, according to the police, came to light on Wednesday evening after the victim went to the RK Puram police station and lodged a complaint against her friend who is also her neighbour.
A case under Section 354 was registered on the basis of her complaint, and the accused was arrested. He was later released on bail.
Vineet Tokas and the victim have been friends for four years.
The police said the victim, Savita ( name changed), who lives in Nivedita Kunj, had lodged a complaint accusing her neighbour, Tokas, of molesting her in his Mercedes Benz. “ In her complaint, she claimed that Tokas had physically abused her in the car,” a police official said.
Savita — a stage show anchor — was waiting for an auto- rickshaw when Tokas approached her, the police official added. He stopped his car and insisted on giving her a lift home.
The police official said that Savita accepted his offer and got inside the car, since he was known to her.
Tokas drove his car a few metres and started talking in a sexually explicit manner.
“ He then physically assaulted her. The woman then raised an alarm after which Tokas stopped the car, dropped her and fled,” the police official said.
The police official said that Savita immediately returned home. “ She narrated the incident to her father, a senior Delhi Jal Board official. Her father took her to the nearby police station. We registered a case and arrested Tokas. The accused managed to get out on bail.
Further investigations are on,” a senior police official said. He said Tokas’s family members have a property and real estate business and they stay in RK Puram.
The woman had recently returned from Dubai after hosting a show there, the police official added.
–Agencies