Gig worker held for 'assaulting' woman after entering PG in Bengaluru
Bengaluru (PTI): A gig worker has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman and stealing from her at her paying guest accommodation here.
The incident occurred on August 29 and was caught on CCTV.
The police had traced the culprit using the CCTV footage.
According to police, the man, identified as Naresh Pattam, 30, was passing by the PG facility at BTM Layout 1st Stage when he saw the door open and the security guard fast asleep.
“He then entered the premises, locked the other rooms from outside and went inside the victim’s room,” said a police official to PTI.
He also allegedly took Rs 2,500 from the victim's room, the police added.
Pattam is from Madanapalle in Andhra Pradesh and worked as a bike-taxi driver.
Police also said he arrived in Bengaluru after getting out on bail in two robbery cases in his home town in 2021.
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Fire in coach of New Delhi-Chennai express train; no casualty
Nagpur (PTI): A coach of the New Delhi-Chennai Grant Trunk Express caught fire in Maharashtra's Wardha district on Tuesday morning, railway officials said.
There were no casualties, they said.
Train 12616 New Delhi-Chennai (Tambaram) Grant Trunk Express left from Nagpur in the morning. While it was heading towards Sindi railway station in Wardha, smoke was detected in the last guard coach of the train at 11.09 am, Central Railway spokesperson Sanjay Muley told PTI.
The train was stopped on the Sindi-Tuljapur section, the affected coach was detached immediately, and the fire brigade was called, he said.
All passengers in the train and the coach concerned were safe, the official said.
The cause of the fire will be known after a detailed investigation.
The train will resume its journey in some time without the affected coach, the official added.
