Man arrested for showing obscene video, sexually harassing woman techie in Ramapuram

CHENNAI: A 29-year-old carpenter from Maduravoyal has been arrested for allegedly showing an obscene video to a 21-year-old woman and sexually harassing her in Ramapuram.

According to the woman’s complaint filed at the Ramapuram police station, she has been sharing a rented house with friends in Ramapuram. Early on Thursday, as she was returning from work along with a friend, a man on a two-wheeler rode uncomfortably close past them. Later in the day, he returned when she was standing outside her house and showed her an obscene video on his mobile phone and sexually harassed her.

When the woman raised an alarm and pretended to call someone for help, the suspect fled the spot.

The police registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Women Harassment (TNPHW) Act and arrested the suspect Ediri Murugan on Thursday. The police also seized the two-wheeler and the mobile phone used in the crime.

Further investigations revealed that the accused had allegedly committed a similar offence about three months ago — showing obscene videos on his phone to another woman living in the same area and harassing her.

The accused was produced before a court and remanded in judicial custody.