In two separate incidents on Saturday, a hospital employee and a minor girl were allegedly molested in Nigdi.
In two separate incidents on Saturday, a hospital employee and a minor girl were allegedly molested in Nigdi.
Police Inspector Nandkishor Bhosle-Patil from the Nigdi police station said that both cases had been registered and investigations were on.
In the first case, a 25-year-old executive from the HR department of Lokmanya hospital filed a complaint saying a senior from her office molested her on April 15. Based on the complaint, the police arrested her supervisor Dinesh Sonu Nadkar (35), a resident of Dattawadi in Akurdi. He was later released on bail.
According to the complainant, Nadkar had been harassing the victim since she joined the hospital about a year ago. On April 15, when nobody was around in the afternoon, Nadkar allegedly touched the victim inappropriately when she was working on her computer. Nadkar allegedly also invited her to his house, saying his wife was away.
Teacher held for abusing 9-yr-old
In the second incident, a nine-year old girl was allegedly molested by her drawing teacher at his residence in Vitthalwadi at Akurdi. A complaint wasu00a0 lodged after the girl went home on Saturday afternoon and told her mother about the incident. The arrested teacher was identified as Sharad Mahale (51). He was remanded in magisterial custody by the court yesterday, said the police.
The girl used to go for classes every day at 9 am with her four-year-old brother to Mahale's residence. But on Saturday, the victim's brother was not there. There were around 15 children in the class when Mahale allegedly touched the victim inappropriately.
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