Vakola police have arrested a 22-year-old man, for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls in a row. Police have arrested the accused, who is a habitual sexual offender and had been arrested earlier also in molestation cases. According to the police, the accused (name with held to protect the identity of the victims) on Thursday afternoon lured a nine year-old-girl with Rs 5 in the Gamdevi area in Vakola. He then took the girl in a shanty and undressed her. While he was sexually assaulting the girl, she shouted and somehow managed to escape.

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