Two months after a 19-year-old suspect was arrested for allegedly molesting a foreign nation in Byculla area of Mumbai, he was convicted by a court in Mumbai after the Byculla police was successful in building a watertight case in the matter.

The Mumbai Police on Saturday said that a Mumbai court on Friday convicted the 19-year-old man who was arrested by the Byculla Police for allegedly molesting a 38-year-old Peru national in March, 2023. The victim woman was in the city as a tourist in March this year and had been staying in at a guest house in Byculla when the accused had allegedly molested her on multiple occasions, the police said.