Senior merchant navy officer arrested for stalking five college girls
New Delhi, Apr 22 (IBNS): A 29-year-old senior merchant navy officer has been arrested for allegedly stalking and sending lewd messages to five girls of a college in south Delhi, media reports said.
The man has been identified as Suraj Dey, a senior officer, working with a Hong Kong-based merchant navy Company, NDTV reported quoting police sources.
According to reports, the accused, a resident of Amar Colony, met one of the girls in a park.
The officer and the girl reportedly exchanged phone numbers as the former told her that he was looking for a PG accommodation for his friend.
A few days later, the accused started misbehaving with the girl on the phone following which she blocked his number.
According to her police complaint, he sent her obscene messages from another phone number.
Dey also started stalking her, said the police.
The student then filed a police complaint on April 17.
Based on the complaint, police arrested Dey and started probe.
As they searched his phone, police found that he had been sending lewd messages to four more girls of the same college.
He used multiple phone numbers to accomplish his tasks.
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