Hamden police have arrested a man who is accused of sexually assaulting a college student when she got into his car in October.
Elsadiq Eltigani, 52, of West Haven, was arrested Friday.
The victim, a 20 year-old local college student, told police that she left a New Haven bar at 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 21 with two friends and they got into a man’s car. Police have identified that man as Eltigani.
While he was driving the woman and her friends to Hamden, Eltigani continuously touched the victim in an inappropriate manner, police said.
The woman tried to escape, but Eltigani prevented it, according to police.
Detectives arrested Eltigani as he was leaving his West Haven residence and he has been charged with third-degree sexual assault and first-degree unlawful restraint.
He was detained at police headquarters on a $100,000 court-ordered bond and he is scheduled to appear in court in Meriden on Nov. 30.
