Hyderabad: A 55-year-old personal assistant at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) died after a neighbour reportedly punched him in the face for allegedly harassing a 22-year-old woman in their building at Chikkadpally. Police have booked a culpable homicide case against the neighbour, while the deceased was booked for outraging the modesty of the woman.According to the Chikkadpally police, the man lived in a rented house on the first floor of a three-storey building. His family had gone to their native place, Karimnagar, for Dasara, and he returned home alone around 7pm on Wednesday. The woman’s family lives on the second floor.Assistant commissioner of police (ACP), Chikkadpally, G Ranaveer Reddy said the man saw the woman’s mother and sister leaving the building for personal work. Knowing she was alone, he went to her house and asked for water. “He again returned to the house offering sweets. When the woman refused, he misbehaved by holding her hands. She raised an alarm and told a gym trainer and his wife, who live in the adjacent building,” the ACP said.The couple rushed over and confronted the man, who was allegedly trying to persuade the woman not to tell the neighbours. “In a fit of rage, the gym trainer punched the 55-year-old in the face and the latter fell on the floor of his house. He suffered a bleeding head injury and became unconscious. The gym trainer, along with a relative of the woman, rushed him to a nearby hospital. He was declared brought dead around 8pm,” the ACP added.On the woman’s complaint, police registered a case against the deceased under Section 74 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which covers assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty. On the complaint of the deceased’s wife, a case was registered on Wednesday night against the 35-year-old gym trainer under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the BNS. No arrests have been made so far.
