(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): A 33-year-old woman was saved from being sexually assaulted because of her pet dog who began barking incessantly when the assailant entered their house in Mumbai in the wee hours of Tuesday. The accused was arrested, following a complaint by the woman.
According to the police, the complainant, a widow, lives with her seven-year-old daughter at a rented accommodation in the Powai neighborhood of Mumbai. The arrested accused, identified as Sadar Alam (25), often followed her. He wanted to befriend her, but she always turned down his requests to talk to him. Furious over this, he slinked into her house shirtless around 3:45 am on Tuesday allegedly to sexually assault her.
“As soon as he stepped inside, the dog started barking. The woman, who was on the mezzanine floor, found the man at her house in shorts,” a police officer said. Subsequently, the 33-year-old complainant raised an alarm, and the accused quickly fled from the house. Thereafter, she dialed the police, following which a case of stalking and house trespass under sections 354 (D) and 452 of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the accused. He was arrested and produced in a court, police said.
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