Officers of the Crime Branch unit 4 arrested a 60-year-old jogta (person who begs in the name of god) for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy on the pretext of taking rice from him. The incident took place when the accused, identified as Gopal Rangayya Chindam, came begging at his Antop Hill house. As the victim was alone, the man took advantage of the situation and assaulted him. Later, after his mother filed a police complaint on June 26, the cops traced him to the Kurla railway station.

Alone at home
Speaking to mid-day, a crime branch officer said, "The complainant is a single mother, who lives with her son at Maharashtra Nagar, Antop Hill. She works as a maid. On the day of the incident, she left for work around 7 am and her son was alone at home. Around 9.30 am the accused knocked on the door. When the boy opened it, Chindam begged for some money."