Mumbai: The Kurla Railway Police have arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly molesting a 14-year-old girl on a Karjat-bound fast Mumbai local train. According to Mumbai GRP, the accused has been identified as Mohammed Ayub Ansari.
After receiving a complaint, the police registered a case and launched an investigation. Ansari has been arrested and has been booked under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
According to an IANS report, the Mumbai GRP added that the Ansari was also produced before a court, which remanded him to judicial custody until February 22.
Meanwhile, this incident came just days after the Dindoshi Police arrested a 46-year-old man for allegedly molesting a 20-year-old woman on the road.
According to the Dindoshi police, the incident occurred on January 31 in the evening when the woman was going from work to her residence in Santosh Nagar. According to police, as she reached near the Hanuman Nagar bus stop, an unidentified man suddenly approached her from behind, covered her eyes with one hand and inappropriately touched her with the other.
The woman bit the accused to free herself and raised an alarm. The man fled into a narrow lane, and though locals tried to search for him, he could not be found at that time. The victim later filed a complaint at Dindoshi Police Station. Officers registered a molestation case and examined around 160 CCTV footage clips from the area. Within 48 hours, the accused was traced and arrested while entering a salon.
In another incident, the Malad police arrested a 47-year-old man for allegedly molesting a 13-year-old girl. The incident occurred in the Library Garden area of Malad West. Police said the minor used to pass by the garden daily while going for tuition classes. The accused, identified as Sunil Pawar, allegedly followed her regularly. On one occasion, he reportedly showed her a pornographic video and expressed his intention to start a relationship with her.
The girl informed her parents about the incident her and her father filed a complaint. The police registered a case under the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act and examined about 50 CCTV footage clips from Malad and Goregaon and arrested the accused.
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