• Home
• /
• Crime

Man charged for groping teenager in lift

Dubai - 32-year-old Pakistani porter charged with sexual harassment

A man has been charged with sexual harassment in the Court of First Instance for allegedly groping a 13-year-old girl in the lift of the building where she stayed.
The incident, as told to the court, happened on May 23 when the 32-year-old Pakistani, a porter, inappropriately touched the teenager.
"We arrested the defendant down the building in the International City shortly after receiving the complaint," a police corporal said.
The officer said they went to the building and saw the victim and her father.
"The father told us that a Pakistani man followed his daughter and entered the lift with her. That man asked for her mobile number and touched her."
The accused was spotted near the building. He got scared when he saw the cops and tried to run away.
In the Rashidiyah police station, the defendant admitted he sexually harassed the girl.
The girl said in the investigation that the accused asked her where she lived and in which flat and requested her number.
She did not respond to him or try to scream for help as she got very scared when he touched her.
He was still there when she walked out of the lift. She told her father.
A verdict is expected on August 31.
mary@khaleejtimes.com