A 24-year-old school dropout was arrested for harassing and sending love letters to a girl studying in Std VII. According to the Nehru Nagar police, the accused, Dhashrat Rajendra Harijan, had been stalking the 12-year-old for two years and had even tattooed her name on his chest.

Dejected after getting no response for his ‘love’, he stood outside the girl’s residence in an inebriated state on Sunday, and verbally abused her for ignoring his proposal. Senior Inspector Suresh Bhavar from Nehru Nagar police station told mid-day, “The family of the girl registered the case on Monday morning.