Hyderabad: Rachakonda police on Tuesday seized ‘Anil’s Gym’ in Neredmet after the gym owner was arrested by the Neredmet police for misbehaving with a woman who was attending the gym.
The accused, Banda Bhasker, was arrested earlier and sent to remand.
A 27-year-old private employee, who had joined the gym filed a complaint with the police that Bhasker was touching her inappropriately under the guise of training and when she questioned his intentional advances, he abused her and threatened her to get out of the gym.
While investigating on her complaint, cops found that there were many women enrolled in the gym whom he would take to the terrace for training and watch them while they worked out. A case was booked against him and he was arrested.
It was also found that Bhasker did not comply with the instructions issued by the Rachakonda police commissioner to all gyms to comply with them regarding safety issues.
Meanwhile, a proposal to take action against the gym to avoid any untoward incident in the future was sent to the RDO Malkajgiri division. After verifying the facts, the RDO issued orders to seize the gym.
