Greater Noida: Nigerian held for harassing woman in lift

Noida | Wednesday | 22nd August, 2018

Summary:

GREATER NOIDA: A Nigerian man was detained on Tuesday after a woman filed a complaint that he passed lewd remarks.Ibeh Celestian (35) is a Nigerian resident who had come to Noida a few months ago on a medical visa to get the treatment of brain tumour. He lives in a flat ina society in Noida Sector 137.Police said Celestian was on Saturday going to meet a friend who lives in another tower of the society when he saw the 24-year-old woman, who lives in same block, in the lift around 8.30pm and allegedly passed derogatory remarks on her. The woman kept silent at that time but on Tuesday afternoon she filed a complaint for trying to sexually harass her.Hans Raj Bhadoriya, the SHO of Expressway police station, said Celestian has been booked under Section 354 (making sexually coloured remarks) of the IPC..