Woman’s casual dinner turns into nightmare Pakistani migrant among three arrested
Staff Reporter
After arresting three residents of Amravati for stalking a woman from Hotel Ashok to her residence, the police uncovered shocking details in the case. One of the accused is a Pakistani migrant who was at the forefront of stalking and harassing the woman.The Pakistani migrant accused has been identified as Rajesh Kumar Talreja (43), a resident of Navjeevan Colony, Amravati. The other accused include Manoj Kumar Chhabra (53), a resident of Shankar Nagar Road, Amravati, and Suraj Narayan Kurhadkar (25), a resident of Ganpati Nagar, Amravati. The accused Talreja, who migrated from Sindh area of Pakistan nearly 25 years ago, had been living in Arwi town, Wardha district, before settling in Amravati. After shifting to Amravati, he engaged in the construction business. Police suspect Talreja’s involvement in other serious crimes and are scrutinising his connections, including examining his call records for any links to Pakistan.
It has come to light that Kurhadkar served as Talreja’s driver. According to police statements, Chhabra and Talreja made a bet of Rs 50,000 to acquire the woman’s mobile phone which led to the pursuit and they reached upto her home. The police are investigating the possibility of the accused being under the influence of alcohol during the incident. What began as a casual dinner at a hotel turned into a nightmare for the wife of a senior official serving with a Central Agency, as she was pursued by the accused up to her residence on April 22 late at night. The Sadar Police registered a case of molestation and launched a hunt for the accused. The woman, along with her friends, went to Hotel Ashoka in Sadar for dinner, while the three men were sitting at another table. The trio started staring at the women. When the women left the hotel, the three followed them to the parking area. One of the women got into her car and started heading towards her home.
The accused persons also got into an XUV 700 SUV (without a registration number) and started chasing her. The woman was in a state of shock and finally managed to reach her house. However, the accused did not stop there. One of them came out of the SUV and went up to the lobby of the woman’s house. The woman observed the movement of the accused through the CCTV footage. Another accused was standing near the house of the woman while adjusting his pants, it was captured in the CCTV. Later, the accused fled the scene. Sadar Police registered a case of molestation based on the woman’s complaint. Senior police officers took the matter seriously and launched a manhunt for the accused. Since the SUV did not have a registration number, the police were not been able to find any clues about the accused. After examining footage from around 400 CCTV cameras, the police managed to arrest the culprits.