Five drunken men held for stalking girls in G’gram

Sanjay Yadav
Gurugram, December 6

High drama prevailed in at a bus stand in Farrukhnagar area on Friday when a group of villagers caught five alleged drunken men who were allegedly eve-teasing schoolgirls, thrashed them and handed them over to the police. 

The accused, villagers claimed, were heavily drunk. They allegedly tried to pull the girls inside their car. 

An FIR has been registered at the Farrukhanagar police station. All five men were arrested and their car seized. 

On a complaint by the father of one of the girls, a case has been regisrtered under Section 12 of the POCSO act. The accused were identified as Prashant (18), Dheeraj (19), Mohit (23), Pankaj (19) and Rahul (18), all residents of the district’s Duma village.

The incident took place around 1.30 pm when Class XI girl students were returning from school on foot. When they reached near the bus stand, some car-borne drunken youths started stalking them.

They stopped their car and tried to pull them inside. The girls raised the alarm and sought refuge in a nearby shop. Soon, villagers gathered, nabbed the five men and informed the police. 

“The girls were scared when they entered my shop. When I asked them the reason for their fear, they said some youths were stalking them. I raised the alarm and caught them,” a shopkeeper said.

The police said all five accused used to loiter around. Prashant is doing a computer course, while Dheerj is working in a private company. Mohit has completed his ITI course and Rahul looks after a pig farm. Pankaj is unemployed.

“Prashant’s relative is the car’s owner. The accused will be produced in a city court on Saturday,” said Inspector Rajender Yadav, SHO, Farrukhnagar police station.