New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) A 42-year-old watchman was arrested for allegedly stalking a minor girl in south Delhi's Greater Kailash area, police said on Sunday.

On Saturday, a PCR call was received at Greater Kailash police station regarding the harassment and stalking of a minor girl. After police personnel reached the spot, the minor girl told them that a man was stalking her and had used inappropriate language with her, a senior police officer said.

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Police launched a search for the accused in the locality and he was arrested from Jamrudpur area. He was identified as Kalptarun Jaina, a resident of Odisha, Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) Benita Mary Jaiker said.

A case under has been registered under sections 354D (stalking) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at Greater Kailash police station, the DCP said.

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During interrogation, it was revealed that the accused was working as a watchman for the last two months at Jamarudpur in Greater Kailash-1. Before this, he worked as a waiter in Tughlakabad area, the police said.

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