Odisha man held for stalking

​Hyderabad: SHE Team has arrested a migrant for stalking and harassing an Intermediate student for the last two months.

Md Azhar Hussain, 29, who had migrated to Hyderabad from Odisha for livelihood, was remanded to judicial custody. Police said the accused was working as a roti maker in a hotel and resides at Reddy Colony Swimming pool in Saidabad.

The accused was stalking the victim, who was studying in a nearby college. He used to come to her college daily at 5.30 pm and followed her up to her residence in a seven-seater auto rickshaw. He also tried to start conversation with the girl and was throwing papers at her by writing his phone number and asking her to call him, the police said.

The victim was scared and stopped attending to the college. When her mother enquired about her reluctance to go to college, the girl blurted out the truth. Then her mother informed her relatives and sought help. The victim’s cousins accompanied her to the college for a few days.

Noticing that the victim was coming back to college, the accused again started harassing her. Her cousins caught him and gave a sound thrashing and warned him not to repeat his mischief. When the accused started following the girl after two days, her mother lodged a complaint with the SHE Teams.

The accused was traced and caught by the ‘SHE’ Team headed by SI Mahesh Goud under the supervision of the ACP D Kavitha and handed over to the Saidabad Police Station.