Bengaluru police on Tuesday arrested six people in connection with the stalking and harassment case.

Bengaluru police on Tuesday arrested six people in connection with the stalking and harassment case that took place on 22 November. A group of men allegedly surrounded a car in which six women were travelling and harassed them. The incident took place at MG Road.

Three of the men who were arrested are from Tamil Nadu while the rest are from Bengaluru. City Police Commissioner MN Reddi told reporters during a press conference, "I had promised one of the (news) channels that we would track and arrest those culprits. Our team has done it.

"I am extremely happy that within 48 hours of the registration of the case, the accused were arrested. They have also been interrogated and they have confessed to their crime. They will be produced before the judicial magistrate now.

"It was a clear case of eve-teasing," said Reddi, adding that the culprits saw women without a man as an opportunity to harass them.

Reddi further said, "The media is our partner in fighting crime. It is the fundamental duty of the media to highlight issues and it is our duty to ensure we take up whatever is highlighted by the media. Bangalore police is hypersensitive about the safety of women."

He also said that the police were verifying the culprits' involvement in previous crimes also.

On Saturday, the five women, who were returning from an ice cream parlour, were harassed by a group of men on MG road.

The incident took place on Saturday at around 11.30 pm when the women on a weekend outing stopped their car near an ice cream parlour on MG Road and found, to their shock, unidentified men trying to open the doors of their vehicle.

As they were seated inside waiting for their driver who had gone to pick up ice cream for them, the men stared at them, stood around the vehicle and tried to open the doors, according to the complaint lodged by one of the victims.

Police said that according to the complaint, three men were seen staring at them and they were later joined by two others who tried to open the car door. They even tried to open the door with an object on getting to know that the door was locked, the complaint said.

As the women started raising an alarm by repeatedly screaming for help and honking, the men fled from the spot, police said.

The women took photos and videos of the incident in which five men surrounded their car on MG road, after which the men threatened them. In the video, the women are seen screaming for help as the men walk towards their car and surround them. Despite the car being stopped on a busy road, no one came to help the women, even after they were shouting for help.

The women have also alleged that the men threatened them with a sharp object and told them to roll down their car windows, CNN-IBN reports. Most of the men were seen smiling shamelessly as they surrounded the car. The men were also seen flashing light from their mobile phones on the women.

(With inputs from PTI)