'Cleaner lures workmate into janitor's room, molests her'

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Cleaner lures workmate into janitors room, molests her

Dubai - The woman, a 27-year-old from Nepal, said the defendant called her at around 6.30am asking her to go to the janitor's room to help him carry some stuff.

By Marie Nammour

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Published: Thu 11 Aug 2016, 5:30 PM

A cleaner lured his colleague to the janitor's room where he molested her, a court heard. The Court of First Instance was told the 26-year-old Indian man called the woman on May 30, to go to the janitor's room on the pretext that he needed her help. But he allegedly sexually harassed her.
He denied the charge in court. The woman, a 27-year-old from Nepal, said the defendant called her at around 6.30am asking her to go to the janitor's room to help him carry some stuff.
"As soon as I walked into the room, he put his phone and keys away and came close and hugged me tightly and placed a kiss on my neck," she claimed.
She tried to push him away from her. When he realised she would complain against him he let her go. "Before I could go out, he grabbed me and hugged me. He offered me Dh100 to have sex with him."
He would not let go of her initially even though as she told him she would report him to the manager. It was only when she screamed for another workmate to help her that the defendant felt scared and left. "I made him think there were people outside."
When her supervisor learnt about it, he alerted the police. The accused was arrested at his workplace. A Bur Dubai police corporal said the woman was seen on CCTV rushing out of the janitor's room about two minutes after she entered.
mary@khaleejtimes.com

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