NRI arrested for molesting woman

NEW DELHI: The Delhi police has arrested a 25-year-old non-resident Indian on Wednesday for allegedly molesting a US national at a five-star hotel in Chanakyapuri last week.

The accused, identified as Anmol Singh Kharbanda, was guest at Hotel Taj Diplomatic Enclave where he met the 52-year-old woman, also a guest.

Probe reveals that the accused met the complainant on Monday, and Kharbanda allegedly invited her to his room. In her plaint, the woman charged that Kharbanda supposedly tried to sedate her and molested her.

Additional commiss-ioner of police (New Delhi) B.K. Singh said they introduced themselves to each other in the evening and the incident happened around 10pm.

“Kharbanda, who has come from US where he works in California, had drinks with the woman in his room. She has alleged that he tried to grab her and molested her besides offering some laced drinks,” said additional commissioner of police (New Delhi) B.K. Singh.

The police said that the matter was reported on Wednesday, two days after the alleged incident. “She told us that a day after the incident, she checked out and moved to Gurgaon where she checked into another hotel and later revisited Delhi to report the matter to us,” said Mr Singh. “Based on her statement, we registered a case of molestation and causing hurt by means of poison at Chanakyapuri police station. Her statement was recorded before a magistrate under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code after which Kharbanda was arrested,” said Mr Singh.