The Delhi Police apprehended a 28-year-old man on Thursday in connection with the sexual assault of a 16-year-old boy in a moving metro.
In a series of posts on X, the boy had detailed his ordeal, claiming that a fellow passenger had attempted to touch his privates and had followed him around the station area when he changed trains, PTI reported. The alleged incident took place on Friday night at Rajiv Chowk Metro Station.
The accused, Jitender Gautam, is a graduate who is working in an organisation under the daily wages scheme.
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As per Deputy Commissioner of Police (Metro) Dr G Ramgopal Naik, Inspectors Sameer Srivastava and Tej Dutt Gaur led a team of special staff metro that solved the case.
Police Scans CCTV Footage
It was discovered by the police that Gautam got off the train at Jahangir Puri Metro Station after going through CCTV footage of 15 metro stations from Rajiv Chowk to Jahangir Puri.
"The travel history of the accused was checked and it was found that the accused boarded the metro from Kaushambi. Later, teams were dispatched to Jahangir Puri and Kaushambi Metro station to establish the identity and to check the whereabouts of the accused," a police officer said, PTI quoted saying.
In other CCTV footage which was scanned at the proximity of Kaushambi Metro Station, the accused was discovered using the service road after alighting from the metro.
Several shopkeepers, guards, and other locals enquired about Gautam and they were shown his photograph. After some efforts, he was identified and arrested from Ambedkar Colony in northwest Delhi.
Police confirmed that Gautam was found to have no criminal record but he is being interrogated. He has been booked after being charged with section 355 of IPC and 8 of the POCSO Act at Rajiv Chowk Metro Police Station.