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Thane, Sep 16 (PTI) A criminal case has been registered against a BJP corporator of the civic body in Kalyan town of Maharashtra"s Thane district for allegedly molesting and stalking a woman, police said on Thursday.
The police identified the accused as Sandeep Gaikar, a member of the Kalyan- Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC).
The case against him was filed on Wednesday under IPC sections 354 (assault or criminal force to a woman with an intent to outrage her modesty), 354-D (stalking), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), among others, and relevant sections of the IT Act on a complaint of the woman, an official from the Bazarpeth police station said.
According to the police, the complainant, who is a social worker, has claimed she was stalked and harassed by the corporator over a period of two years.
The accused and the victim have known each other since 2014, they said.
The woman has alleged Gaikar followed her in a car and touched her inappropriately, the official said.