A 55-year-old man from Bhiwandi in the Thane district was arrested for allegedly molesting a tribal woman, police said.

Sunil Baliram Patil, the accused, was booked under IPC section 354 (outraging woman's modesty) and also the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, said a police official. Patil, who is in the business of constructing tenements and renting out rooms had a long-standing dispute over land with the complainant woman, he said.