Man booked for indulging in vulgar act before US woman

“We are searching the accused through the photograph, which the complainant has given to us,” he added.

On Monday morning I tweeted a picture of a man who had behaved in a sexually inappropriate manner towards me here in Mumbai.

— Maryanna Abdo (@MaryAbdo) August 18, 2015

I wanted to say thank you for the overwhelming support I have received from so many people across India about this incident.

— Maryanna Abdo (@MaryAbdo) August 18, 2015

On Monday morning, when the woman was walking in Colaba area of South Mumbai a man allegedly indulged in vulgar act in front of her, following which police launched a hunt for the accused.

The incident came to public notice when the American national tweeted about it, and her tweet soon went viral on social networking sites like Tweeter and Facebook.

The victim also mentioned about two men, who where passing-by and came to her help when she raised an alarm.

Meanwhile, an official said that the woman, through a direct message on Twitter, was informed about the telephone number of Joint CP so that she could register the complaint.

“She replied Thank You, police have been in touch and I am grateful to you,” the official said.