The Vile Parle police on Thursday arrested Constable Sachin Waghchawre (26), attached to the local arms division, for molesting a woman in a Volvo bus. The bus was returning from Shirdi and going towards Andheri.
The accused, is attached to the Worli division, was sitting behind the complainant and allegedly misbehaved with her. The woman then screamed and the driver stopped the bus. She told her husband sitting next to her and soon many passengers joined him in beating the constable.
They then took him to the nearby Vakola police station. The woman told cops that he had tried touching her inappropriately earlier as well, while they were boarding the bus in Shirdi.
The Vakola police lodged the complaint and transferred the case to Vile Parle police station, as the incident took place in that area. Waghchawre was arrested and booked for outraging the modesty of a woman, under section 354 of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Namdev Chavan, said, "We have arrested him for molesting the woman in the bus. He was produced in the Holiday Court at Bandra in the afternoon and was remanded into judicial custody."
The accused, is attached to the Worli division, was sitting behind the complainant and allegedly misbehaved with her. The woman then screamed and the driver stopped the bus. She told her husband sitting next to her and soon many passengers joined him in beating the constable.
They then took him to the nearby Vakola police station. The woman told cops that he had tried touching her inappropriately earlier as well, while they were boarding the bus in Shirdi.
The Vakola police lodged the complaint and transferred the case to Vile Parle police station, as the incident took place in that area. Waghchawre was arrested and booked for outraging the modesty of a woman, under section 354 of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Namdev Chavan, said, "We have arrested him for molesting the woman in the bus. He was produced in the Holiday Court at Bandra in the afternoon and was remanded into judicial custody."
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