DUBAI // A salesman impersonated a police officer and molested a university student, a Dubai Court heard.
Prosecutors said Indian BG, 31, touched the thigh, stomach and breast of compatriot MS, 18, in a car after he fooled her and a friend into believing he was a policeman on February 8 this year.
The Indian student said in records that she was sat in her friend’s car in Academic City in Dubai when BG knocked on the window and asked them to show him their ID.
“He asked us what we were doing in the car and pulled out a walkie talkie from his pocket and told us that he will call the police,” she added.
The salesman spoke into the radio in Arabic and requested the students to show him ID.
MS’s friend, Indian DF, 18, said in records that BG took pictures of their IDs and told him to get into the back seat.
BG then drove DF’s car to a nearby supermarket, gave Dh1 and ordered him to fetch tea.
“He asked me if I was a virgin, and if I was a Muslim, he also asked me if I’d had sex before,” said MS.
“He touched me on my left thigh, breast and my stomach, before DF returned.”
BG then drove back to the car park, gave DF his ID back and told him to get out of the car.
“He asked me what will I do to him, I replied that I can’t do anything,” said MS.
BG then gave the student her ID, returned to his car and drove off. The victim took a photo of BG’s car and licence plate and reported the incident to the university.
Police officer AA, 28, told prosecutors that police had been tipped off about similar incidents occurring in the area.
BG was arrested in Al Qusais. At Dubai Criminal Court, he denied impersonating a police officer and molestation charges.
The next hearing is scheduled for April 20.
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