Overview
- The assault occurred around 12.25 a.m. on November 8 as the 27-year-old walked home in Bandra West after visiting Pali Hill.
- After the French consulate lodged a complaint on November 14, Khar police reviewed more than 50 CCTV clips and traced the scooter’s registration.
- A special team led by DCP Dikshit Gedam and ACP Adikrao Pol arrested 25-year-old Sunil Waghela near his Dharavi residence using technical tracking.
- Investigators registered an FIR under BNS Section 74 and recovered footage showing the scooterist tailing the woman, stopping beside her and fleeing, though some recordings were overwritten.
- Waghela was produced before a Sunday holiday court in Bandra and remanded to police custody as inquiries examine possible stalking and his presence in Bandra late at night.