Daijiworld Media Network - Goa (mb)
from special correspondent
Panaji, Jan 11: One person was arrested for allegedly outraging the modesty of a 27-year-old Russian tourist here, police said.
Agnelo Noronha (32), who owns a beach shack on Utorda beach in south Goa, was apprehended after the Russian lady, putting up in a five-star hotel here lodged a complaint.
The incident occurred on Monday, when Noronha stopped his jeep in the middle of the road an tried to drag the girl in his vehicle while she was walking towards her hotel, they said.
Police have registered a case under IPC sections 341 (wrongful restraint) and 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage modesty) against the accused, who has been granted bail by a local court.
"We have also attached his jeep," an Investigating Officer said.
Goa receives around 25 lac tourists every year, of which around four lakh are foreigners. Backpackers from the United Kingdom top the list followed by Russians who frequent this tiny coastal state, famous for beaches.
Almost daily reports?