Jalgaon, March 2 -- Police have registered a case against seven people and arrested one of them in connection with a molestation incident involving the daughter of a Union Minister and other girls in Maharashtra's Jalgaon, officials said on Sunday.

The incident occured at Kothali village of Muktainagar taluka during a religious procession on February 28.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has condemned the incident, alleging that members of a political party were involved. He assured that strict action would be taken against those responsible.

"There are officials from a party who have done such a thing, it is a cheap act. The police have registered a case, and some have already been made. Such harassment in public places is ...