India, June 26 -- The Pune city police on Wednesday detained, and later released, the secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Pune city unit in an alleged molestation case related to a woman inspector. Following the police action, the BJP has accepted his resignation.

According to the police, the incident was reported during the official visit of Union minister Nitin Gadkari in Pune on Monday. Accused Pramod Kondhare was present at Shaniwarwada during the visit of party leader Gadkari. The accused allegedly molested the woman police officer twice at the venue while she was managing a crowd, and the latter alerted her seniors about the incident.

After verifying the incident based on CCTV footage gathered from nearby locality, the inspe...