India, April 14 -- A CCTV clip from Bengaluru's BTM layout showing a man molesting a woman in the dead of night sent shockwaves across the city, triggering a massive interstate manhunt that finally ended in Kerala.

Late that night, around 1.55 am, two women were walking home when a man trailed them, grabbed one of them, and fled as she screamed. The disturbing act was captured by a surveillance camera mounted outside a nearby house. While the victim didn't approach the police, the house owner did, alerting the authorities after reviewing the footage the next morning.

The police registered an FIR under Sections 74 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 75 (sexual harassment), and 78 (stalking) of Bhara...