A 23-year-old Myanmarese woman was allegedly molested by three persons including two juveniles in Sitapuri locality here, police said today.
The woman, a refugee from Myanmar living in Delhi for past three year was allegedly molested by the accused on the intervening night of August 5-6 in Sitapuri locality where she lived with her husband, the police said.
The accused had allegedly tried to molest the woman and hit her with the two wheeler they were riding, while she was going back home from work.
Police said they have detained two juveniles and arrested a youth for allegedly molesting the woman.
"We have arrested one accused Praveen (19), while two juveniles have been detained in connection with the complaint of molestation by the Myanmar refugee woman. We have also requested the Juvenile Justice Board to allow police to treat the juvenile accused as major persons," said Surender Kumar, DCP(south west).
A case under Sections 34, 308(attempt to commit culpable homicide) and 354(assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the IPC was registered at Dabari police station in south west Delhi yesterday.
Accused Praveen was arrested and produced in court and sent to 14 days judicial custody.
Police have requested the JJ Board for permission to treat the juveniles as adults, since they are aged above 16 years and one of them have previous crime record.
