Kolkata: Five persons were arrested in connection with the incident in which a 22-year-old woman IT employee was harassed allegedly by them near Kestopur.
All five were remanded in the custody of police for three days when produced before Barasat Court.
Police said that the woman, who is originally a resident of Guwahati, used to stay in a rented house at Baishakhi in Salt Lake. The incident took place when she was returning home at night.
The woman found a car following her when she was heading towards a bus stand at Kestopur. There were five persons in the car. They had harassed her from inside the car. She went inside a narrow lane to avert any danger. She came out of the lane after a few minutes. But found the car still waiting.
So, she took shelter in a nearby house and left a post in the Facebook page of Bidhannagar Police, alerting them about the incident.
Wasting no time, police took necessary immediate steps and some policemen reached the spot without delay. They rescued the girl and initiated a probe based on her complaint.
All five of the accused were later arrested and the car was also seized.