Mumbai molestation: 14 suspects held

The Mumbai police on Thursday night arrested 14 persons in connection with the sexual harassment of two NRI women in the Juhu area on Monday night.

While four have been held on molestation charges, the others have been arrested on unlawful assemble charges, said Joint Commissioner K L Prasad.

Earlier on Thursday evening, the police claimed to have cracked the New Year's eve molestation case after two of the accused surrendered to the police at different police stations.

According to police sources, one Bunty alias Ravi Shukla gave up before the police at Vile Parle police station while the second, identified as Nilesh, surrendered at Juhu police station. The second man came to the police accompanied by his parents.

The police have taken the two into custody and they will be produced in courts on Friday. Some more arrests are likely to be made later on Thursday night.

The two men who gave up to the police are said to be young boys hailing from the Lokhandwala area, close to the JW Mariott Hotel. Police have, however, not confirmed this.

The investigating team is trying to record the statements of the two men in order to ascertain as to what exactly happened on that night. The police are also matching the pictures of the two with those published in a Mumbai newspaper.

The police had earlier offered a reward for any clue on the accused. While it is not clear if the police were tipped in about the accused by any citizen, sources say one lady from the Andheri area had told the police that she had seen some of these boys frequenting her area.

Courtesy:ibnlive.com
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