Thane: A 19-year-old youth allegedly molested a 21-year-old girl at Kashimira in the district and then tried to commit suicide, police said on Thursday.

The accused, identified as Shivam Singh, allegedly molested the girl, who was known to her, at an apartment in Kashimira area of Thane's Bhayander township in the wee hours on Wednesady, police inspector Anil N Kadam said.