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BENGALURU: A 25-year-old software engineer fought back a man who allegedly attacked and tried to strip her on a road near her PG accommodation in Kundalahalli. She handed him over to police on Wednesday night.

Vijay Kumar, a bar-bender, attacked the woman when she’d gone out for a walk at 9.15pm. Police said he lunged at her and tried to rip her shirt, throwing her to the ground. The woman got up and rained blows on Kumar, who began to run in panic. But she chased him and with passersby’s help, caught him.

Marathahalli police said the accused was under the influence of alcohol and claimed he was not aware what had happened on the street. But the woman alleged the man misbehaved with her intentionally and tried to disrobe her on the street. Police accepted the woman’s complaint on Thursday and arrested him.

Police said the woman is from Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and had come to the city in April this year after she got a job with an IT major.

Drivers molest woman

A 30-year-old private firm employee told police she was molested by a gang of five drivers on ECC Road, Whitefield, on Thursday when she was returning home in her car. The five are at large.

Police said the woman found a bike blocking her way in front of Citylights Apartment on ECC Road. She learnt from the apartment’s security guard that the bike belonged to the driver of a private school vehicle. She found five drivers at the spot and asked them why they’d left their bike in the middle of the road. The woman alleged the men misbehaved with her by touching her inappropriately.



In Video: Man tries to strip techie on Bengaluru road, caught after chase