Mumbai, July 21 -- The city police have arrested a 62-year-old man for allegedly sexually abusing two teenage girls on the pretext of giving them jobs, an official said today.
According to the details, accused Praful Lodha, a close aide of a BJP leader, was arrested by Sakinaka police after the parents of a 16-year-old girl and her friend lodged a complaint that the victims were allegedly sexually molested by the accused under the pretext of getting them a job.
It was stated that accused had held the victims captive in his house in a city suburb where he tortured and took objectionable pictures of them.
The accused has been booked under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences...