A BJP corporator from Murbad in Thane district has been arrested for allegedly molesting a woman corporator, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Thursday.
Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday told the Legislative Council that a BJP corporator has been arrested for allegedly molesting a woman corporator.
The accused Corporator Nitin Telavane is from Murbad in Thane district of Maharashtra.
“Corporator Nitin Telavane from Murbad tried to molest a woman corporator after barging into her house around 12.40 am (last night),” news agency PTI quoted the minister saying.
“Action has been taken against him under IPC sections 452 (house trespass), 354 (molestation), 354A (sexual harassment) and 506 (criminal intimidation),” he said. “Telavane, who is from the BJP, has been arrested,” the minister added.
On Wednesday, the opposition had tried to corner the government over an alleged incident in Jalgaon where girls at a hostel were `stripped and forced to dance’ by policemen, reported PTI.But Deshmukh stated on Thursday that there was no truth to the allegations.