The city police on Saturday arrested a 26-year-old gym trainer who used pepper spray on a 32-year-old woman after she spurned his marriage proposal.
According to the police, the woman joined the gym on Ormes Road, Kilpauk, last year where the suspect Harikrishnan, was working as a trainer.
During the course of training, they became friends and later she stopped coming to the gym. He followed her everywhere, compelling her to marry him, the police said. She kept avoiding him and he threatened to upload photos of them on social media.
When she called him to discuss the issue, he came with a pepper spray and sprayed it on her. Based on her complaint, the police arrested Harikrishnan after booking a case under the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 1998.