Woman molested in south Kolkata; one detained

Kolkata: A woman was allegedly molested by three men in the New Alipore area of south Kolkata on Tuesday afternoon, following which one of the accused was caught locals and handed over to police, an official said.

According to police, the incident occurred underneath the Durgapur Bridge.

When the woman raised an alarm, locals rushed to her rescue, the police officer said, adding that two of the accused managed to escape, while the third was caught by the residents and handed over to personnel of the New Alipore Police Station.

The accused has been detained, and the woman has lodged a police complaint, the officer said.

Tension prevailed outside the New Alipore Police Station after around 30-40 people gathered there when the woman arrived to register her complaint. Police personnel managed to bring the situation under control after some effort, the officer said.

Tuesday's incident is the latest in a series of reported cases of alleged sexual harassment in Kolkata.

In the final week of September, a woman doctor from the southern part of the city's Bansdroni area had alleged that she and her husband and friends were harassed by a group of six men while watching a film at a multiplex in Acropolis Mall in Kasba.

Last month, a middle-aged man was arrested for allegedly inappropriately touching and harassing a woman in the lobby of a prominent hotel in the city.

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