Noida woman claims sexual harassment in park, police lodge FIR

Noida: In a separate incident, a 70-year-old man was booked for allegedly sexually harassing a 50-year-old Faridabad-based woman in Phase 3, Noida, in April. Noida police registered a case of sexual harassment, assault, and disrobing against an unidentified accused on Saturday after a video of a woman, alleging sexual harassment in Sector 48 and police inaction, went viral on social media platforms, officer said on Sunday. The incident occurred on July 31, and a case under sections 74 and 76 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered against an unidentified accused at Sector 49 police station,” said Manish Kuma Mishra, additional deputy commissioner of police, Noida. In a separate incident, a 70-year-old man was booked for allegedly sexually harassing a 50-year-old Faridabad-based woman in Phase 3, Noida, in April, said police on Sunday, adding that a case under Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code was registered at the Phase 3 police station on Saturday. “Survivor, a resident of Faridabad, stated in her complaint that during April 19 to 22, when she was in Noida’s Phase 3 area to attend a marriage function, a relative, aged around 70, passed obscene gestures and sexually harassed her,” police said.