An 82-year-old man was arrested by the Vile Parle police for molesting his neighbour’s five-year-old daughter at knifepoint. The accused, identified as Narayan Gaikwad had forcibly taken the minor girl to his house while she was playing outside her house on Sunday, reported The Times of India.

The girl’s parents were alerted by the children in the area. According to the police, when enquired about the act, Gaikwad abused the police, the girl’s parents and the people at the locality. The girl’s mother mentioned in her police complaint that she rushed out of the house after hearing her scream,  after which she told by the neighbours that Gaikwad took her in.