The boy said that a co-passenger tried to touch his private parts?
On Thursday, the Delhi Police arrested a 28-year-old man in link with the sexual assault of a 16-year-old boy in a metro.
The boy had shared his ordeal on social media, writing that a co-passenger tried to touch his private parts and also stalked him on the station premises when he changed trains.
This incident happened on Friday night at Rajiv Chowk Metro Station.
The accused, named Jitender Gautam, is a graduate working in an organisation under the daily wages scheme.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Metro) Dr. G Ramgopal Naik, a team of special staff metro led by Inspectors Sameer Srivastava and Tej Dutt Gaur was constituted, who cracked the case.
After checking CCTV footage of 15 metro stations from Rajiv Chowk to Jahangir Puri, police found that Gautam alighted the train at Jahangir Puri Metro Station.
"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.
CCTV footage of the proximity of Kaushambi Metro Station was scanned and the accused was found using the service road after taking exit from the metro.
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