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Man held after encounter day after molesting schoolgirl
Bareilly: A 20-year-old man was arrested after a brief encounter, in which he was shot in the leg, for allegedly stalking and molesting a schoolgirl, 15, on her way back home from coaching, police said on Monday.
Officers said the girl, in her school uniform, was walking home on Saturday evening when Mohd Mussabir approached her on a bike, turned around after passing her, made lewd comments and assaulted her. The entire incident was captured on CCTV.
The girl's father filed a complaint at the Izzatnagar police station and an FIR was filed under BNS section 78 (stalking). Three teams were formed to trace Musabbir, a resident of Math Kamal Nayanpur in Izzatnagar.
Circle officer Pankaj Srivastava said Musabbir was in a garden in the Karmachari Nagar outpost area on Sunday night. "However, he attempted to flee and fired at the team with a countrymade pistol. He was shot in the right leg in retaliatory firing and taken into custody," he said.
Bareilly SSP Anurag Arya said, "The man's actions were clear in the CCTV video. When cornered, he fired at the police and the pistol he used was seized. A separate case has now been filed against Mussabir under the Arms Act and BNS section 109 (attempt to murder). He was produced in court on Monday and sent to jail."
