T’puram: Kallambalam Police on Sunday arrested Sujith, 24, of Manamboor, for allegedly sexually harassing an 18-year-old woman, trespassing into her house with a machete and threatening to kill her sister after she rejected his romantic advances.The accused was booked under BNS section 75(2), the police said.According to the police, the accused had allegedly been repeatedly following and harassing the woman after she rejected his proposal. On Oct 20, the woman visited Manamboor hospital with her sister for treatment. Sujith allegedly approached her there and made another romantic proposal.When she turned him down, he allegedly abused her, grabbed her by the hand, and threatened her. The woman and her sister later returned home, but the accused allegedly followed them and trespassed into their house carrying a machete.He allegedly created a threatening situation at the house and threatened to kill the woman’s sister, the police said.Following a complaint lodged by the woman, the police registered a case and arrested Sujith. He was produced before a court and remanded in judicial custody, the police said.
