US woman allegedly harassed, police on look-out

Police are on the look out for two persons for allegedly harassing a US woman and stealing her mobile phone and digital camera.

Police are on the look out for two persons for allegedly harassing a US woman and stealing her mobile phone and digital camera.

Police on Thursday said Kelly Lawer Packer (26) and her husband Andrew Packer (30), both working in a software firm in the city, frequented a bar in a five-star hotel in the city.

On May 24 night, Kelly stayed back in the bar along with one of her bar acquaintances, Jose Mathew, while her husband left early, the sources said.

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Police said as per her complaint Mathew promised to drop her at her flat. However, next morning two youths found her lying on a pavement with bruise marks on her body.

They took her to her husband, police said.

The woman reported the incident to the US Consulate here, which in turn forwarded a formal complaint to the police.

She had complained that Mathew and his associate took her to a place in Anna Nagar in the city and she couldn’t recollect what happened there because she was drunk.

Next morning, she found herself lying on a pavement and her mobile phone and digital camera were missing, she said in her complaint, police added.