The incident occurred on Monday
morning at around 8.59 am near Colaba Causeway. The woman managed to click the
man’s picture before he fled the spot after she confronted him. She later
tweeted the photo.
An American woman's accusation and
tweet, which went viral on Monday morning, led the police to launch a hunt
for him. The police are yet to decide which
IPC Section is to be invoked in the matter. According to the woman, the man
allegedly masturbated in front of her and ran away from the spot when she
confronted him. The foreign national approached the police and
narrated the harrowing incident.
Copspeak
Speaking to mid-day, Senior
Inspector Vinay Gadgil from Colaba police station said the woman did not visit
the police station after the incident. But when they discovered about the
incident, cops contacted her. He added that the woman told the police that she
would meet them on Tuesday, following which an FIR could be filed based on her
complaint.
“I heard a woman shouting, so I came
out of my car. She was with the accused when she sought directions for the
police station. I showed here where the police station was located,” said an
eyewitness.
"Based on a verbal complaint by
the victim, the police have initiated a search for the accused. However,
we are yet to record the statement of the complainant to know
what exactly happened. We will get a clear picture only when
we record her statement," said Vinay Gadgil, Senior Inspector
of Colaba Police Station.
"As the victim's statement has
not been recorded yet, I will not be able to say that under which (IPC)
Section the accused would be booked," added Gadgil.
The incident came to public notice
when the American woman tweeted about it, and her tweet soon went viral on
social networking sites like Tweeter and Facebook.
The victim also mentioned two men,
who where passing-by and came to her help when she raised an alarm. She
also tweeted the image again, this time to clarify the fact that the man
approaching the camera was the accused and the other two were the Good Samaritans.
To get clues about the identity of
the accused, police are going through a photo which the victim had managed
to click, said Gadgil.
Mid-day
To
get clues about the identity of the accused, police are going through a
photo which the victim had managed to click, said Gadgil. - See more
at:
http://www.mid-day.com/articles/us-woman-takes-to-twitter-to-nab-man-who-masturbated-at-her-in-south-mumbai/16461182#sthash.FBU07TMM.dpuf
To
get clues about the identity of the accused, police are going through a
photo which the victim had managed to click, said Gadgil. - See more
at:
http://www.mid-day.com/articles/us-woman-takes-to-twitter-to-nab-man-who-masturbated-at-her-in-south-mumbai/16461182#sthash.FBU07TMM.dpuf
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