Pramesh S Jain
A woman tourist from Jaipur,Rajasthan,was allegedly raped by a man she befriended at a club in Koramangala after he allegedly got her intoxicated at a hotel in Madiwala.
The Madiwala police have arrested the accused, identified as Sameer,and remanded him to judicial custody at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison.
Senior officer told reporters that,the woman had travelled from Jaipur to Bengaluru on a vacation.
During her stay,she visited a club in Koramangala,where she met Sameer in an unusual manner.She reportedly approached him to borrow a lighter to light her cigarette.
Sameer gave her the lighter and struck up a conversation with her.
The accused allegedly impressed the woman through his conversations and obtained her mobile phone number. He subsequently invited her to a hotel room in Madiwala.
The two reportedly consumed alcohol at the hotel.The accused allegedly made the woman heavily intoxicated and sexually assaulted her when she was in an inebriated state.
Sameer allegedly contacted her the following morning and arrived near the hotel where she was staying in Madiwala.
He then took her to Hotel Liora Grand Rooms,located on Hosur Main Road, near the hotel where she was staying, and booked Room No. 304.
According to the complaint,about an hour after entering the room, the two consumed alcohol.The woman allegedly became heavily intoxicated and was unable to resist when Sameer sexually assaulted her.Despite her attempts to push him away and stop him, he allegedly raped her.
The woman reportedly regained consciousness around midnight,realised what had happened and rushed out of the hotel.
She later approached the Madiwala police and lodged a complaint.
Acting on the complaint,the police registered a case, traced the accused and arrested him.
Sameer has since been produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody.The police are investigating the case further.
The police have registered a case under Section 64 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.
