Teacher writes woman cop’s number in toilets; booked

CRIME FILE

Teacher writes woman cop’s number in toilets; booked

Was Angry With Her For Ignoring Calls At Odd Hours

Santoshkumar.B@timesgroup.com

Bengaluru:  24.12.2020

A 33-year-old teacher landed in trouble after he allegedly scribbled a woman constable’s name and her contact number on the walls of public toilets at the KSRTC bus stand in Kadur town, Chikkamagaluru district.

Yelahanka New Town police registered a criminal case on Monday against Satish CM, a resident of Kadur, based on a complaint filed by Sarah (name changed), 32, working at the northeast division of city police.

The incident came to light recently when unknown people started calling Sarah at odd hours seeking sexual favours. She learnt the callers had found her mobile number and name in the men’s toilet at Kadur bus stand.

Sarah and her husband visited Kadur on December 15 and found the walls of the toilet displaying her phone number an describing her as a sex worker.

Sarah identified the hand writing as that of Satish, her classmate at a teachers’ training college during 2006-07 at Doddapete.

In 2017, her classmates had created a group on WhatsApp and Satish was one of the members.

Satish reportedly used to post unwanted messages in the group and also call her regularly. When she started avoiding his calls, Satish removed Sarah from the group. When she was added to the group by other members, Satish removed her again. A few months ago, she called Satish to know the reason and they had heated arguments.

“Satish scribbled my mobile number in public toilets to harass and defame me,” Sarah stated in her complaint to police.

Yelahanka New Town cops have registered a case under the IPC sections 354d (stalking) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) against Satish.