'Serial molester' in Chandigarh police net

CHANDIGARH: A gym trainer has been arrested for molesting a girl at a park in Sector 16 here

.The victim was having a walk alone in the park on May 19 when the incident took place. A day later, a case under Sections 354, 354-A, 376 and 506 of the IPC was registered at the Sector 17 police station.

The police said the suspect was idnetified as Sawan Bhatti(28), a resident of Sector 49 and a native of Uttarakhand. He worked as trainer at a gym in Phase V, Mohali. The accused was nabbed at a naka laid near the Sector 23 light point yesterday.

The police said the suspect, a BSc (computer science) graduate, allegedly committed the same crime earlier regarding which a case was reistered at the Sector 11 police station on June 10. He had allegedly committed the crime at a park in Sector 11.

The police claimed that the suspect confessed to having committed seven other such incidentsin Mohali and Chandigarh. These incidents were not reported by victims.