This is not the first time that 38-year-old Deepak Mane has been arrested for molesting a girl. Last year he had molested a schoolgirl on the pretext of giving her a lift in his employer's car. Mane, who is a resident of Indira Nagar, was once again arrested on Monday for sexually abusing a minor girl by posing as her father's friend. He was taken into custody after the 16-year-old girl approached the Mulund cops and filed a complaint. Police said the incident took place when the victim was heading home after college on Saturday afternoon. "After following her for some time, Mane waylaid her and introduced himself as her father's friend. In order to strike a conversation, he started talking to her about her family. He even asked her whether she wanted a lift. The victim denied and said that she would go on her own," said a police officer.

Deepak Mane. Pic/Rajesh Gupta