Harassment case: 2 clean-up marshal sent to police custody

Police on Tuesday recorded the woman’s statement at her residence as she was still in a state of shock.

The woman was travelling with her friend in an autorickshaw in Malad,when the two allegedly tried to stop the vehicle and passed lewd remarks. While the auto driver tried to control the situation,the woman’s friend had clicked a photograph of the two,which was later posted on a social networking site.

Last week police nabbed them after indentifying the BMC uniform the two were wearing in the photograph. The offenders claimed that they were following the auto driver following a tiff and not the commuter. They were let off with a warning.

Police said the woman was scared that they would attack her again and thus refrained from registering an FIR.

Officers who visited her at the residence say that her family stood by her. “On Tuesday afternoon we received a call from the woman’s uncle saying that she wanted to register an FIR and was ready to pursue the case,” said PSI Gaurakhnath Ghadge.

The two were presented before the Borivali court on Wednesday and were remanded in police custody.

“Last week we had no evidence so we had to release them. However,we arrested them on Tuesday based on the woman’s FIR,” he added.

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