Two arrested for attempting to sexually assault girl
TNN Bureau. Updated: 8/11/2017 5:01:12 PM
National
Acting swiftly, police have arrested two persons for allegedly trying to sexually assault a 19-year-old girl in the city early this week. Speaking to reporters Commissioner of Police said the girl had come to the city along with a relative to visit another relative and late in the night they had come to near Yesvantpur Railway station to catch a bus back to her home town. Three persons accosted the girl and her relative and after taking the youth away from her, two of them tried to push her into a shop and tried to sexually assault her.
After she raised alarm and tried to flee from the scene a autorickshaw driver heard her shouting for helm and immediately drove his vehicle to nearby policeman who was on duty and brought him to the spot. The duo were immediately arrested while the other escaped from the scene. Police are on the lookout for the third person. The arrested were identified as Fayaz (30), Juber (25) while the youth who is absconding has been identified as Sultan (20), the police commissioner said.
Updated On 8/11/2017 5:02:29 PM