While swimming in the Singapore Marina Bay Sands (MBS) infinity pool one evening, a 46 year-old doctor brazenly touched four women on their buttocks and abdomen – all while his wife and 11 year-old-daughter were also present.
Jagdeep Singh Arora, an Indian national, was sentenced to two weeks’ jail on Thursday (July 12), after admitting to two counts of outrage of modesty. Two other counts were taken into consideration for sentencing.
The court heard that Jagdeep was in Singapore on vacation for his birthday when he molested his victims on June 28.
At about 9pm, he was in the MBS pool swimming with his wife and daughter when the incidents took place.
One of his victims, a 25-year-old Lithuanian tourist, was also in the pool with her husband, taking photographs of the scenery. When her husband left after a while, Jagdeep moved very close behind her. She then felt his hand brushing hard against her buttock.
When she turned, she saw his hand in the water touch her. She shoved him away by elbowing him and went to look for her husband to tell him what happened.
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At this point, another of Jagdeep’s victims and her friend approached her as well. The three of them then informed the security officers.
At about 9.30pm, Jagdeep molested another woman, this time a 20-year-old South Korean tourist. She felt and saw him touch her stomach, but did not know how to react as she was in a state of shock. A while later, he came back and touched her right buttock.
The South Korean victim and her friend also told the security officers what happened. Jagdeep was arrested at the scene and subsequently admitted to molesting four women in the pool.
Jagdeep’s lawyer told the court that his client had a “few drinks” that day before the family went to the pool to relax. He has a clean record in India and will be repatriated after he has served his jail term, the lawyer added.
For each outrage of modesty charge, Jagdeep could have been jailed up to two years, fined, caned, or any combination of the three.
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