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Man stalks Malayalam actor Reba Monica John, held

Reba also told the police that Whisil sent her some lewd messages too, following which she warned him on May 7 this year against sending any message.

BENGALURU: A 28-year-old man was arrested by the Madiwala police for allegedly stalking a model-turned-Malayalam film actress and forcing to love and marry him. The arrest was made after the 23-year-old actress, Reba Monica John, lodged a complaint with the police against Franklin Whisil, an employee with a private firm in Basavanagudi and a resident of Electronic City.

The actress, who made a debut in 2016 opposite Nivin Pauly in Vineeth Sreenivasan’s Jacobinte Swargarajyam, stays in Koramangala Ist Block. In her complaint, she stated that Whisil was stalking her for more than a year and that he did not pay heed to her repeated warnings. “I visit St Anthony's Church on Hosur Main Road in Madiwala every Sunday. I noticed that since October 1, 2016, Whisil had been following me whenever I visited the church and also while going back home. I initially ignored him. But he somehow got my cell phone number and started to text me saying he loved me and that I should love him back and marry him,” the actress wrote in the complaint.

Reba also told the police that Whisil sent her some lewd messages too, following which she warned him on May 7 this year against sending any message. “He kept quiet for two months and again started texting and stalking me,” she said. Following the complaint, the police picked up Whisil from his residence and booked him under IPC Section 354D (stalking).

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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