When a right to their doorstep, wedding planner Aditi Nagpaul had two choices — withdraw in fear or face her stalker, get him arrested and set an example for her sons.
An IT professional allegedly followed the Nagpaul up to her house, rang her doorbell, and stood outside her building late on Sunday. Niteshkumar Sharma, 36, was arrested a day later.
Recalling what happened on that night, Nagpaul told HT she only remembers how terrified her sons, aged 6 and 10 were. “We went to a medical store on Veera Desai Road when Sharma started following our car, right into our building.”
“Sharma entered my building. I parked my car. On every parking spot, the flat number is written. Sharma noticed my flat number and when I went into my flat, he made entry on the register and mentioned my flat’s number and his car’s registration number,” Nagpaul said.
She told HT, “Sharma rang my doorbell and I opened the door. The safety door was locked. Then I found something wrong with the man and started screaming at him. This is when my sons got scared.”
Sharma, a Malad resident, left the spot only after Nagpaul raised an alarm, police said.
“They (her sons) both were awake and were scared and started crying. I was shouting at the man to force him to leave. I even called the security guard. When I was going down to ensure he had left, my sons ‘mamma please do not go down…you would not come back’,” Nagpaul said.
But she wanted to set an example. “I wanted to show them I do not fear and sit in the house. So I called the security guard and went down.”
“I went back in, looked outside the building and saw Sharma sitting in his car coolly. I called my husband who approached to the Amboli police station.
In a Facebook post on Monday, Nagpaul wrote: “He dint have any fear in his eyes, a fear of being captured by security cameras, interrogation by security guards or threats of Police! He just hung around coolly in his car long after the incident very comfortable in getting his pictures clicked! (sic).”