Indian-Origin Chef Arrested For Molesting Teen Girls In Singapore

A 44-year-old chef from India has been sentenced to three months and four weeks for molesting two teenage girls in Singapore, reports Press Trust Of India.

Sushil Kumar pleaded guilty to two charges of molesting the victims, local news reported on Friday.

“Just about three months after he first molested a teenage girl in broad daylight near a subway train station, he targeted another girl whom he touched without consent and declared his love for her even though she did not know him,” it said.

It added: “On both occasions, Kumar spent an inordinate amount of time hugging, kissing or touching the girls.”

Indian chef arrested in Singapore

The court heard a case on the afternoon of August 2 last year. The victim, who was 14 years old then, was confronted by Kumar when was walking home from Boon Keng train station and Kumar stopped in front of her to speak to her.

Unable to understand him, she thought that he was asking for directions to the station.

Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Delicia Tan said the girl pointed towards the station and the convict responded by wrapping his arms around her shoulders without her consent. He also allegedly kissed the girl on her right cheek. He later used his mobile phone to take a number of "selfie" photos of him and the girl. Kumar then asked her for her mobile phone number and saved it. 

A few months later on November 8, a 19-year-old was waiting at the lift lobby of a housing block when Kumar intended to outrage her modesty by suddenly touching the teenager's arm with his hand.

Kumar was later traced and placed under arrest on November 8 at his residence and surveillance footage from the lift was seized by the police.

In delivering the sentence, District Judge Paul Chan said he did not accept Kumar's claim of remorse because someone who is genuinely remorseful would not go on to commit the same offence a few months later.

The judge added that it was especially disturbing that Kumar targeted a victim who was vulnerable and behaved with them in a persistent and brazen manner while committing serious offences in a public place.

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