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Mumbai: Sister files sexual harassment case against her own brother

Updated on: 24 July,2016 09:44 AM IST  | 
Sailee Dhayalkar |

A sister has filed a case against her own brother for sexual harassment for more then two weeks when her fiancée was out for business purpose; says he has sexually assaulted her many times

Mumbai: Sister files sexual harassment case against her own brother

A sister has filed a case against her own brother for sexual harassment for more then two weeks when are fiancee was out for business purpose. The accused was arrested by Dongri police on Friday night after the woman filed a complaint.


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The 37-year-old woman who stays in Dubai and is a teacher by profession had come to Mumbai for vacation and was staying with her fiancee at apartment next to her brother and father. While lodging the complaint, the woman told police that her 24-year-old brother has sexually harassed her on different occasion from July 5 to 22, when her fiancee was out for work. The accused while harassing her kept saying that if she can get physically involved with her fiancee then why not with him. He also forced himself on her.


According to police, the woman tired with her brother's behavior revealed the incident to her father but he just let it go with a warning. When the accused repeated the offence, the woman complained about the same to her fiancee. When fiancee confronted the accused, he raised his hands on him and threatened him. Later the woman along with her father decided and went to police station and filed the complaint on Friday. Father while giving details about his son said that he is unemployed.

Senior Police inspector of Dongri police station Nitin Shamrao Bangale said, “The woman had come woman had come with her father to file the complaint. After filing the complaint, we immediately arrested the accused.”

The accused was traced with the help of crime branch and he was charged under section 354A (sexual harassment), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 323 – (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of Indian Penal code.

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