Mumbai: A video showing a woman YouTuber, reportedly from South Korea, being sexually harassed by a young man on a Mumbai street went viral on Wednesday night.
After the video went viral, two youths - Mobeen Chand Mohammad Shaikh and Mohammad Naqeeb Sadrealam Ansari - were arrested for allegedly molesting the YouTuber during a live streaming. Khar Police registered an FIR u/s 354 IPC and arrested both of them.
“We were alerted about the incident, and immediately after, a team was formed, and subsequently, the investigation was initiated. Since we had their facial identity through the video, we started looking out for them. It was confirmed that they resided in the Khar area itself. Upon getting the leads, the tracing began,” said DCP Anil Paraskar, Zone 9, while talking to FPJ on Thursday.
He added that it took the team only five to six hours before they arrested the two suspects. The exact location of the two is protected by the police. The arrested accused will be produced in court today, according to the police.
A Twitter handle which shared the video claimed that the woman was from South Korea and was livestreaming in suburban Khar area when the incident took place around 8 pm.
The video showed a young man coming very close to her and trying to pull her by holding her hand even when she protested.
As the woman began to walk away from the spot, the same man again appeared on a motorbike with a friend, offering her a lift while she told him in broken English that she did not want one.
An account called Mhyochi later claimed ownership of the video. According to her bio, she is a 24-year-old content creator and gamer.
No one has approached police with a complaint yet, but investigation has started and police are looking for the man who harassed the woman, said a local police official.
