Overview
- The woman reported being groped at Mahadevapura mall around 9:30 pm on December 25 during Christmas celebrations and filed a complaint shortly after.
- The accused, identified by police as 27-year-old delivery worker Manoj Chand from Assam, was taken into custody and is being questioned as the probe continues.
- Investigators say the suspect behaved indecently in view of shoppers, and police posted at the mall detained him on the spot before the formal arrest.
- In a separate December 24 case, SG Palya police arrested three men accused of stalking and harassing a woman, with video evidence supporting an FIR and the suspects remanded.
- Karnataka’s home minister announced roughly 20,000 personnel, KSRP platoons, drone and CCTV monitoring, and a real-time crowd heatmap to manage large New Year gatherings with emphasis on protecting women.