Two men arrested for harassing Korean woman YouTuber in Mumbai

The video showed a young man coming very close to her and trying to pull her by holding her hand even when she protested. As the woman began to walk away from the spot, the man again appeared on a motorbike with a friend, offering her a lift while she told him in broken English that she did not want it.

Mumbai:Maharashtra police on Thursday arrested two men for harassing a foreign national in the financial capital here. The arrests were made based on a video that surfaced showing a woman YouTuber, reportedly from South Korea, being sexually harassed by two men on a street in Mumbai. The video of the incident has since gone viral on social media.

Taking cognisance of the viral video, the Khar police registered a case under section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and arrested the accused youths. The accused have been identified as Mobeen Chand Mohd Shaikh (19) and Mohd Naqib Sadarialam Ansari (20). Taking to Twitter, Mumbai Police wrote, "Mumbai Police's Khar Police station has taken a Suo Moto action in an incident that happened with a Korean woman (foreigner) in the jurisdiction of Khar West. In this regard, both the accused have been arrested and booked under relevant sections of the IPC".

A Twitter handle which shared the video claimed the woman was from South Korea and was live streaming in the suburban Khar area when the incident took place around 8 pm on Wednesday. The video showed a young man coming very close to her and trying to pull her by holding her hand even when she protested. As the woman began to walk away from the spot, the man again appeared on a motorbike with a friend, offering her a lift while she told him in broken English that she did not want it.