Rajasthan: Hostel watchman arrested for allegedly molesting girl

Kota: The watchman of a girl's hostel in the city has been arrested for allegedly molesting one of its inmates in her room, police said on Thursday.

25-year-old Ghanshyam Meena, who is also the husband of the hostel's warden, was arrested on Wednesday and will be produced before court on Thursday.

The victim, a Haryana resident taking coaching here for medical entrance tests, lodged a complaint against the watchman yesterday, said Harish Bharti, Circle In charge (CI), Jawaharnagar police station.

In her complaint, she alleged the accused had knocked on her door at around 12.30 on Tuesday night on the pretext of having left some tools in the room as he had visited it earlier in the day for repairing the water heater.

When the victim opened the door, he entered and pretended to look for the tools for a while, and then started to harass and molest her.

Following her shouts for help, the girls in the other hostel rooms rushed to the room and rescued her.

The watchman has been booked under relevant sections of the IPC, the police officer said.