Tarot Card Reader: Tarot card reader arrested for sexually assaulting woman | Delhi News
New Delhi: A 35-year-old Tarot card reader has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman on the pretext of solving her life problems. Police said they chased the accused for around 1,000 km, across multiple states, before arresting him in Kasauli.
Police received a complaint on March 1. The accused was identified as Sidhant Joshi, a resident of Udhampur in Uttarakhand.The woman had allegedly contacted him to resolve her grievances with her boyfriend and was sexually assaulted multiple times.
“The woman told us that Joshi sexually assaulted her on the pretext of marriage. She alleged that he clicked her private photos and videos and threatened her not to tell anyone about their relationship, or else he would leak the videos on social media,” police said.
A case under sections 376 (sexual assault) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered.
DCP (southwest) Rohit Meena said they tracked the accused across three states — starting from Rudrapur in Uttarakhand, to Jalandhar in Punjab, and finally apprehending him in Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh. The officer said that the accused confessed to taking advantage of her vulnerability after her boyfriend left her and promising to solve her problems. The arrest was made by a team led by SHO (Kapashera) Naveen Kumar.
“The accused had gone to meet one of his clients. We suspect he knew the police were chasing him, so he switched off all three of his phone numbers and purchased another one. We are checking his criminal history,” the officer added.
Police received a complaint on March 1. The accused was identified as Sidhant Joshi, a resident of Udhampur in Uttarakhand.The woman had allegedly contacted him to resolve her grievances with her boyfriend and was sexually assaulted multiple times.
“The woman told us that Joshi sexually assaulted her on the pretext of marriage. She alleged that he clicked her private photos and videos and threatened her not to tell anyone about their relationship, or else he would leak the videos on social media,” police said.
A case under sections 376 (sexual assault) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered.
DCP (southwest) Rohit Meena said they tracked the accused across three states — starting from Rudrapur in Uttarakhand, to Jalandhar in Punjab, and finally apprehending him in Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh. The officer said that the accused confessed to taking advantage of her vulnerability after her boyfriend left her and promising to solve her problems. The arrest was made by a team led by SHO (Kapashera) Naveen Kumar.
“The accused had gone to meet one of his clients. We suspect he knew the police were chasing him, so he switched off all three of his phone numbers and purchased another one. We are checking his criminal history,” the officer added.
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