The Azad Maidan police have arrested a youth who allegedly molested a 35-year-old woman inside the ladies` washroom of a shopping centre in South Mumbai. The police nabbed him within an hour after the FIR was registered. The matter came to light on April 18, when the woman approached the police station to register an FIR. The suspect has been identified as Sandip Pandey, 21.

According to the police, the woman, who is a lawyer and working in a private law firm, had visited the common washroom in a shopping centre in the Fort area. She had spotted the man in the ladies` washroom. The woman questioned his presence in the ladies` washroom following which the man got scared and fled. The victim then entered the washroom and closed the door, however, the alleged accused returned and allegedly attempted to sexually assault the woman as she was coming out of the washroom.