Gurugram man arrested for stalking woman and threatening to kill her

Gurugram:

Police have arrested a 33-year-old man for stalking a woman and threatening to kill her, officials said on Wednesday.

An FIR has been registered at Sector 40 police station, he said, adding that the accused was released on bail after joining the investigation.

According to the complaint of the woman, a resident of Jharkhand and working in a private company, the man was known to her and was following her for several days, police said.

“On Tuesday, I was going to my office from a rented house, the accused started following me. When I confronted him, he told me that if I did not talk to him, he would kill me and my children. Scared, I lodged a complaint with the police,” the woman alleged in her complaint.

An FIR was registered against the accused under sections 354-D (stalking), 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and the accused was arrested, the police said. / “The accused was released on bail That’s when he joined the probe and further action is under investigation,” said Inspector Satish Kumar, Station House Officer, Sector 40 police station.

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