NID streaker nabbed
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AHMEDABAD: The streaker who molested a girl student of the National Institute of Design (NID) in Paldi late on Tuesday night has been identified and arrested. Gopal Vaghela, 27, was identified by two students of NID.
According to Ellisbridge police station officials, Vaghela, a rickshaw puller, had often indulged in voyeurism by peeping through a bathroom window of the girl's hostel. "The girl's hostel is located at the rear end of the campus, close to the river bank. Vaghela used to watch the girls first before his perversion took a turn for the worse and he started paying nocturnal visits to the girl's hostel, naked," said police officials investigating the case.
Vaghela was picked up early on Wednesday, hours after the molestation took place. "He kept laughing and denying all the charges when we questioned him in detention," said police investigators.
The molester was finally arrested when Ankita, along with another student of the NID, recognized him out in an identification parade on Thursday.
"In the past one month, Vaghela has sneaked into the women's hostel at night at least twice. He was seen earlier by another student staying in the same hostel. She identified the victim and also said that he had longer hair then. We tracked down Vaghela's barber and he confirmed that the culprit had cut his hair short only five days ago, to change his look," said JB Gadhavi, inspector of the Ellisbridge police station.
Police investigators said that Vaghela stays with his wife in a shanty on the Sabarmati riverbank behind the NID campus. Vaghela has been booked for indecent behaviour, molestation, physical assault and grievously injuring the victim.
"He has confessed to frequenting the campus in the night and also to peeping into girls' bathrooms earlier," said Gadhavi.
Vaghela had grabbed Ankita from behind. When she fought back and held on to Vaghela's arms while shouting for help, he had bit her on her shoulder and arm to escape. Ankita had also suffered nose injuries in the incident. (the times of india)
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