A young woman who had allegedly been trapped and molested in a city guest house with a false job promise, dialled 100 to alert the Calcutta police headquarters at Lalbazar and got her assaulter arrested.

The 25-year-old victim, who is a resident of South 24-Parganas, had got the number of a job facilitator named Madhab Mondal and contacted him for a job, the police said.

“Mondal, whose original name is Sheikh Moinuddin, had called the woman to a guest house in Ekbalpore lane in the guise of an interview. She was detained till late on Friday and allegedly molested by the 57-year-old man between Friday night and Saturday morning,” said an officer of Ekbalpore police station.

The woman had managed to access her mobile phone. She dialed 100, the police’s helpline number, and informed them of her location.

The Lalbazar control room conveyed the information to the Ekbalpore police station and officers from there went to the guest house and rescued her.

Mondal was arrested and has been charged with sections of outraging the modesty of a woman. The charge, if proved, could lead to a maximum punishment of five years in jail.

Man dies in road accident

A 58-year-old man died and several people were injured when a small truck in which they were travelling turned over while approaching the Garden Reach flyover on Saturday afternoon.

Zakir Hossain, a Naihati resident, was declared dead at SSKM hospital. Six others were admitted to the hospital with multiple injuries.