Mumbai: Canadian woman sexually assaulted by Mumbai’s 5-star hotel employee on pretext of taking selfie, arrested

In another sexual assault case, a 35-year-old Canadian woman was allegedly sexually assaulted by a staff of Mumbai’s five-star hotel. The incident took place during the woman stay at the hotel.

The 32-year-old Sumit Rao, the hotel staff loacted in Mumbai’s Juhu area, has been arrested in connection with the incident that took place on January 5, he said.

The Canadian woman accused that Rao sexually assaulted her in her hotel room in Juhu on the pretext of taking a selfie with her. The woman works for an event management firm nd often visits India.

In her complaint, the woman said that while she was staying at the hotel, the man came to her room and assault her on the pretext of taking a selfie with her, the official said.

According to police, the woman brought the matter to the hotel management's notice and then lodged a complaint at the Santacruz police station on Monday.

The accused has been booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 354 (assault or criminal force on woman with an intent to outrage her modesty) and 354 (d) (stalking), he said. A probe is underway in the matter, the official added.

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