The incident involving a bike rider kicking a 16-year-old girl on her bottom because he was angry at someone else is outrageous and the young man deserves the strictest punishment. A 24-year-old Dharavi resident, Kumaran Annadurai Pallan, was caught on January 6 — close to two months after the episode when the police recognised him by his 'marvel' t-shirt, which he was wearing on the day he assaulted the minor.

The culprit even admitted to kicking the girl, who was returning home after her evening walk in a garden near Hinduja hospital. Pallan told the police that moments ago he had a heated argument with another rider and out of anger he randomly attacked the girl. "The girl had her headphones on. While she was crossing the road, the signal turned green," an officer from Mahim police station had told mid-day.