Kerala shocker: Man assaults dentist outside her Kollam clinic, stuffs cloth in mouth; arrested
Pathanapuram Police arrested the accused on Sunday. He was identified as Saldan A, a resident of Karamoodu near Pathanapuram.
Police suspect that Saldan was under the influence of some drugs when he committed the crime.
The clinic was functioning next to the grocery shop run by Saldan's father in the same building at Kallumkadavu.
The attack took place when the 43-year-old woman was closing the clinic in the evening. When he spotted her alone, Saldan assaulted her from behind after stuffing a piece of cloth in her mouth. When she cried out for help, locals rushed to the spot from nearby.
They alerted the police after which the accused was handed over to them. "He admitted to the crime but regrets his actions," an officer said.
Saldan was remanded after being produced before a court on charges under BNS sections 329 (3) for criminal trespass, 126 (2) for wrongful restraint, and 74 for assaulting or using criminal force against a woman with the intention to outrage her modesty.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
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