PTI

Mumbai, Feb 4: A US national has alleged that she was molested by an unknown person in The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple guest house in north west Mumbai, a senior police official said on Wednesday.
 
ISKCON temple at Juhu"The lady has filed a complaint with the Juhu police station stating that on January 31 an unknown person molested her at the guest house," deputy commissioner of Police (Zone IX) Niket Kaushik said.

"The case registered is of molestation and we have added the additional section of attempt to rape in the complaint since we suspect that it was the motive of the accused," Kaushik said.

The woman has said in her complaint that she was alone in her room when the person knocked the door. He forced his way in and molested her.

She raised an alarm following which other guests in the building and security personnel rushed there. However, the person who molested her managed to escape, the woman has told the police.

However, no arrests have been made as yet, Kaushik said adding further investigations are on.

ISKCON has a 76-room guest house on its Juhu premises in which members of the organisation and guests are allowed to stay. The US national was reportedly staying in the building after being referred there by another member.