Mumbai: An FIR was registered against a 32-year-old man for sexually harassing a young woman in Goregaon West while she was returning from a public lavatory recently. The accused, Yasin Shaikh, is a welder.The incident occurred on Oct 25. The 24-year-old victim was on her way to a public lavatory around 11.30 pm when someone threw a stone at her. She did not pay attention and continued to walk ahead. After attending nature’s call, she was returning home from the lavatory when someone threw a stone at her again. This time, she looked upwards and spotted her neighbour (Shaikh) seated in the balcony of his house. He was staring at her, which led her to suspect that he had been throwing stones at her. The FIR says that Shaikh was watching a pornographic video and forced the victim to watch the same. She later narrated the incident to her family and approached the Bangur Nagar Police station to lodge a police complaint.
