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56-year-old man arrested for allegedly molesting Nagaland woman at Kolkata hotel

Kolkata, Oct 4 (UNI) A 56-year-old man was arrested from a luxury hotel along the EM Bypass after a woman from Nagaland accused him of molestation at the hotel on Saturday night, police said.
The woman, a resident of Dimapur, lodged a complaint at Pragati Maidan police station following the alleged incident.
Police subsequently registered a case under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and launched an investigation.
According to the complaint, the woman and another companion, also from Nagaland, were in the hotel lobby between 12.30 am and were cheering for the Brazilian football team when an unidentified man allegedly touched them inappropriately.
The woman identified the alleged accused after police examined CCTV footage from the hotel lobby.
Police then tracked his movements through the footage and arrested him from a room in the hotel.
During interrogation, the accused identified himself as Palash Roy, a resident of Sector 100 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Police are examining the CCTV footage and other evidence as part of the investigation.
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