Man accused of harassing young woman arrested
Man allegedly uttered revolting comments while following on his motorbike
11 Jun 2019, 9:00 AM
A 56-year-old man accused of verbally harassing a young woman in the street in Malé was arrested on Monday.
Police made the arrest after the woman posted a video of what happened on social media. According to the woman, the man followed her on a motorbike for more than 500 metres, while making sexual remarks about her body.
“Never in my life have [I] been harassed like this. This man, who is of my grandfather’s age, followed me from ADK till Scoop,” the woman, who is in her early 20s, tweeted on Saturday.
The tweet has since been retweeted hundreds of times, with several social media users demanding that the police take a tougher stance on sexual harassment.
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