PFA activist, teenager ‘assaulted’ in Greater Noida

GREATER NOIDA: A 25-year-old activist of People for Animals (PFA) was allegedly groped and assaulted by a man in his forties, who also reportedly bit the face of a 14-year-old boy who tried to rescue her at Vasant Apartments of Greater Noida’s Omicron.
On Tuesday evening, the woman was feeding stray dogs. The man, who was passing by, reportedly made remarks which she could overhear.
“Day before yesterday, when I was feeding the dogs, Anirudh Bhardwaj came and started making some unwanted remarks.That day, I ignored him. He was apparently drunk. On Tuesday, when I was feeding the strays, he tried to grope me. When I pushed him away, he scratched my back and my chest,” the woman told TOI.
“A teenager who was passing by with his dog saw this and tried to help me. He slapped the boy and dragged him inside his house and then took him to the terrace and locked it up. He bit a part of his cheek so bad that the child started bleeding. When I raised an alarm, people gathered and broke open the door.” Residents said the man had been known to misbehave with women.
Sub inspector Anuj Kumar, Dadri police, said the man has been booked under IPC sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt). He is yet to be arrested.