Sexual harassment case against advocate: One arrested

Mangaluru: The city police arrested one person in connection with the sexual harassment complaint registered against advocate and special public prosecutor (SPP), K S N Rajesh Bhat, by two interns in the women’s police station here.

The arrested is identified as K Anant Bhat (48), a resident of Bondel here.

Reportedly, Anant Bhat has been accused of helping the main accused Rajesh Bhat to evade arrest and abscond.

As soon as the case was reported against Rajesh Bhat, Anant Bhat carried the accused to a distant place in his vehicle and concealed his car and mobile phone in a secluded place to ensure that the police did not get access to them.

The arrest was made to find out the whereabouts of the main accused. The Toyota Etios car belonging to Rajesh Bhat which was used to escape from the police, and a mobile phone were confiscated from the arrested person, informed police sources.