Lucknow Shocker: A photographer has been arrested after an 18-year-old girl claimed that he had harassed her in a Lucknow picture studio.
The girl said that she visited the studio close to her home in the city's Daliganj because she needed to submit passport-size images to school. Mahendra Jaiswal, the defendant, is employed by a Daliganj photography studio.
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"There was no one in the photo studio except for Jaiswal. I was sitting in the studio room when he asked me to adjust my 'dupatta', I adjusted it and sat on the chair. He then approached me to adjust it himself and started sexually harassing me. I pushed him away and tried to escape but he threatened me and said that if I inform anyone, he will kill me," Her family was informed of her trauma, and a FIR was then filed at the Hasanganj police station.
According to Station House Officer Atul Kumar Srivastava, the accused have been charged with sexual harassment, criminal use of force against a woman, and criminal intimidation based on the victim's accusation.
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According to Station House Officer Atul Kumar Srivastava, a FIR has been filed against the accused on accusations of sexual harassment, using criminal force against a lady, and criminal intimidation in response to the victim's complaint.
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