14 held in connection with molestation
Mumbai,
Jan
4:
The
city
police
arrested
14
people
here
today
in
connection
with
the
molestation
of
two
NRI
girls
outside
five
a
star
hotel
in
the
suburbs
in
early
hours
of
January
1.
After
thorough
interrogation,
the
culprits
have
been
arrested
for
their
alleged
involvement
in
the
case.
The accused are indentified as Nilesh Mangesh Bagaikar (19), Sudhir Sudam Naikwade (19), Krunal Shivaji Jadhav (20), Shabi Agustani D'souza (18), Ajay Anil Marathe (18), Vaibhav Anil Marathe (19), Sandip Mani Panchal (23), Manoj Mani Panchal (21), Sandip Phulchand Shukla (19), Derick Mohan Jadhav (19), Swapnil Ashok Mandare (21), Siddharth Rajnish Singh (19), Amit Hemraj Kapoor (28), (all residence of Vile Parle) and Ravindra Phulgani Shukla (27) resident of Kanvidali, the police said.
All the accused are booked under 143, 147, 149, 323, 354, 341, 504 r/w 135 of Indian Penal code. They will be produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate, Andheri court today. The two California-based girls were allegedly molested by a group of 50 to 60 revellers outside the five star hotel in northwestern part of the city.
UNI