Bokaro police claimed to have arrested one youth residents of Taranagar area for allegedly eve-teasing and stopping a girl on her way to home in Taranagar near Chas on Thursday.The accused have been identified as Laxaman Mishra.
Town Dy SP Gayan Ranjan said the lodged a complaint to police, alleging one motorcycle-borne youth stopped her on way to home and eve-teased her by passing lewd remarks.
After the investigation, police arrested a youth Laxaman Mishra near Chas and registered a case under Section 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.
