Karkala : It is alleged that a youth stripped a woman in a Photo Studio and attemted to molest her and also kill her. The locals caught hold him and tied hiim to a pole in Edu Village at Hosmar in the taluk on Monday August 3. Aged 22 yeard Sathish a local, who works in a garage at Hosmar, has been identified as the culprit This happened when a girl eighteen old, who was taking take of the studio after its owner was away during lunch hour.
The accused went to the studio, and wanted to get his ‘one-minute-photo’ and the girl was preparing to take his photo, he approached her from behind with a twisted wire the youth approached, her from behind and attempted to molest her, and in the process, tried to throttle he neck with the twisted wire, it is alleged. The girl tried to raise an alarm and escape, and hearing the sound the person from neighboring shop came to check the source of the sound he had heard. The locals caught hold of the youth while trying to escape, and tied him to a pole.
On informing the rural police rushed to the spot and took the accused into custody. The girls neck had marks of the wires which she obtained while she was throttled with it.
The youth before coming to the studio , had visited several shops in the areas in the guise of customer, before he entered the studio. The people in the erea,.said, that his must have been done by the youth, find out whether the situation was in favour of his ploy to assault.