The Mumbai police's crime branch has apprehended an absconding accused in a sexual assault case involving a minor girl, an official said.

According to the police, the accused had allegedly assaulted a minor girl inside a toilet on the second floor of a transit building in suburban Ghatkopar in September 2020 and had been absconding since. The accused, who is a history-sheeter, was out on parole at the time of the incident, he said.