A 22-year-old man has been booked for allegedly molesting a 42-year-old married woman residing in his neighbourhood in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Sunday when the woman, who knew the accused, was sitting with her friends near a temple in Vitthalwadi area.

As the accused passed by them, the woman apparently asked him to give her his water bottle as she was thirsty, an official at Vitthalwadi police station said. However, the accused allegedly pushed the woman and touched her inappropriately. He also threatened her with dire consequences if she complained to police, he said. When the woman's friends tried to nab the accused, he ran away, the official said.