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Aligarh: A station superintendent of the Aligarh Railway station who was booked by the Government Railway Police (GRP) for allegedly molesting a woman at his office has denied all charges, as reported by the Indian Express.
The victim a 25-year-old woman had initially lodged a complaint with the GRP after the incident took place on July 28. However, the FIR was not registered. She then uploaded a grievance on the UP Chief Minister’s online portal and also informed the higher authorities of the Indian Railways after which the FIR was registered nearly 19 days after the alleged incident, reported the Indian Express.
The victim has claimed in the FIR that the station superintendent, D K Gautam had called her to his office around 4pm. “I reached his office and he started talking to me in obscene language and also grabbed my hand. I somehow freed myself and ran out of the office, raising an alarm,” she said, as reported by the Indian Express.
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However, the Superitendant has denied her allegations. “The charges against me are baseless. I had earlier registered complaints with higher authorities regarding the conduct of the woman, following which she has cooked up such a story,” he said, as reported by the Indian Express.
In a similar incident earlier this year, a woman was allegedly molested at Jor Bagh metro station in Delhi. Though the incident took place on June 2, the matter came to the fore recently after the video of the incident went viral on social media platforms. The woman also took to Twitter to narrate her ordeal.
Based on the complaint of the woman, Delhi Police registered and arrested a man in connection with the alleged sexual harassment. Further details into the case are awaited, said a police official on Wednesday.
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In a series of tweets, the woman alleged that on June 2, when she was travelling on a Delhi Metro train on the Yellow Line, a stranger approached her and sought her help in locating an address.
Accordingly after explaining the address, she deboarded the train at Jor Bagh metro station and sat on a chair at the platform to book a cab. In the meantime, the accused approached her again and asked about the address further, the woman further claimed.
When she tried to help him, the accused flashed his private part at him, she had alleged.
The woman further alleged that a ‘policeman’ standing on the platform did not help even after she sought his help, reported news agency PTI.
