Baramulla

Abdul Gani Vakil

Congress

Bengaluru

Mangaluru

MNC

Abid Ghani

Apart from harassing 200 women, he recently assaulted another when she had been to attend a job interviewThe 26-year-old BPO employee, Abid Gani, fromin Kashmir who has been arrested for harassing over 200 women is the son of former Jammu and Kashmir social welfare minister,. The former minister was also allegedly caught in an audio tape indulging in an obscene conversation with a girl in 2014. The audio had gone viral then. Vakil, who was once from theparty, was suspended from the party for alleged anti-party activities in 2015. Abid Gani, the accused who was arrested by the MICO Layout police, is the son of Vakil’s second wife. The former minister’s second wife is working in the Jammu and Kashmir finance department.Abid Gani, after his arrest, claimed that he is the son of a politician who is also an advocate. Rumours started making rounds on Friday that he is the son of one former Jammu and Kashmir minister Abdul Gani Vakil which is being verified,” MB Boralingaiah, deputy commissioner of police (South East) told BM. When BM tried to contact the former minister to know if he was aware of his son’s arrest by thepolice, both his phones had been switched off. Abid Gani was arrested near a mosque in JP Nagar by the MICO Layout police on Wednesday as he had sexually harassed a 25-year-old woman fromwho had come for her interview at anbank on BG Road. The accused had harassed her in the guise of the bank’s HR on May 15.After his arrest, the police found out that he was a serial offender and had harassed over 200 women since his stay in Bengaluru for the last two years. Unfortunately, none of the victims had filed a complaint against him. However, the 25-year-old woman from Mangaluru had filed a complaint which had led to his arrest. The accused was using an Uttar Pradesh registered SIM card to harass the women. He is working for a BPO firm in Whitefield. Abid Gani would get the details of the victims on job portals and would harass them in the guise of a recruiter.is Vakil’s son from his second wife who is working with the finance department in Jammu and Kashmir.The MICO layout police have registered a case of sexual harassment (IPC 354A) against Gani and are further investigating.