Panaji Jan 31 (IANS) A Goa Police team has gone to Mumbai to record a US tourist s statement regarding molestation by a motorcycle-taxi operator who has since been arrested a police officer said on Wednesday.
Superintendent of Police (North Goa) Chandan Choudhury told reporters that the woman had filed a complaint via email which led to the arrest of Isidore Fernandes 44 a resident of Anjuna village in North Goa nearly 25 km from Panaji.
"Our team has gone to Mumbai to record her statement " Choudhury said.
Fernandes is expected to be presented before a local magistrate for remand later on Wednesday.
Choudhury late on Tuesday told reporters that Fernandes had been booked under Sections 354 (use of assault criminal force against a woman) and 354-A (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code.
The New York-based tourist in her Facebook post uploaded late Monday night had narrated her harrowing experience during the Republic Day weekend when she hired Fernandes motorcycle-taxi for a ride from Arpora village in North Goa to Morjim beach village nearly 40 km from Panaji.
--IANS
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