The accused caught up with her near Milan Subway, started shouting at her and allegedly touched her inappropriately
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A Security guard of a housing society in Vile Parle has been arrested for allegedly stalking and molesting a girl, the police said on Wednesday. Ankit Singh, 21, allegedly followed the girl, a Std 10 student, when she was going to a tuition Tuesday morning, a police officer said.
Singh works as a security guard of a building in the area where the girl lives, he said. He caught up with her near Milan Subway, started shouting at her and allegedly touched her inappropriately, the officer said.
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The girl ran off and approached a policeman on duty in the subway. Singh was apprehended immediately and brought to the Santacruz police station. A case under IPC sections 354 (molestation) and 354-D (stalking) was registered against him. He was produced before a court Wednesday which remanded him in police custody till February 8, said his lawyer R U Jha.
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