Hyderabad engineer booked after Dutch woman alleges sexual harassment at partner’s flat

2 min readHyderabadJul 27, 2026 09:31 PM IST

A Hyderabad-based software engineer has been booked after a Dutch woman accused him of sexually harassing her while she was staying at her partner’s flat in the Kondapur area, police said Monday.

The woman, a 36-year-old nurse, had come to Hyderabad on March 3 and stayed with her partner until March 23. In her complaint at the Gachibowli Police Station, she alleged that her partner’s roommate, from Bihar but working in Hyderabad, misbehaved with her, making her uncomfortable by constantly staring at her, stalking her and repeatedly trying to touch her inappropriately.

She said that although she had informed her partner, she could not file a complaint then because of her impending return.

The accused, she alleged, would hide behind doors and stalk her, leaving her frightened. In one instance cited in the complaint, the suspect allegedly tried to touch her while she was semi-naked, a police officer said.

Hyderabad Police said a case has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita on charges of assault on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty, sexual harassment, stalking, and using words, gestures or acts intended to insult the modesty of a woman. The Gachibowli Police have also issued a notice to the software engineer asking him to appear before police to record his statement.

According to the police, the woman alleged that the accused used sexual innuendo and teased her whenever she was at home. They added that he has not been traceable since the woman returned to the Netherlands and informed the Dutch embassy about her ordeal earlier this year.

His phone has since been switched off, and a police team is now looking for him.

Sreenivas Janyala is a Deputy Associate Editor at The Indian Express, where he serves as one of the most authoritative voices on the socio-political and economic landscape of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. With a career spanning over two decades in mainstream journalism, he provides deep-dive analysis and frontline reporting on the intricate dynamics of South Indian governance.

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