Mumbai ‘cop’ molests nurse on skywalk after threatening to falsely implicate her in theft case

The Mumbai woman said the man accused her of stealing a laptop and ordered her to come to the police station with him

A month on, Andheri police are still on the hunt for a man who allegedly posed as a police officer and molested a nurse on a skywalk. The accused had also threatened to falsely implicate the woman in a theft case, said police.

Police have checked CCTV camera footage but haven’t found leads yet. (HT File Photo)

Police said the 31-year-old woman, who works at a private hospital in Andheri (East), was on her way home around 9.45 pm on September 21 when the man blocked her path.

He showed her a police ID, covering the photograph with his finger. The woman said the man accused her of stealing a laptop and ordered her to come to the police station with him.“He touched my chest and back,” states the first information report (FIR).

The woman said she told the man to stay away. By the time she called her relative, the man fled, said police.The woman approached the Andheri police, who filed a case under section 170 (impersonating a public servant) and 354 (sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code.