Hyderabad Metro employee arrested for harassing woman passenger

A young woman was sexually harassed at the Hyderabad Metro Station on Thursday. According to the police, the 22-year-old woman was to travel from Ameerpet to Secunderabad.

Upon asking an HMR employee to guide her to the correct platform to go to Secunderabad, the man got into an elevator with her and began touching her inappropriately.

The accused, Nithin Reddy, working as a ticket maintenance operator at the Ameerpet Metro Station offered to guide her and got into the elevator with her. 

According to the victim, despite the presence of others in the elevator, he touched her inappropriately. Immediately reacting, she took serious objection and lodged a complaint later at the SR Nagar police station.

The police took the accused into the custody.