Man arrested for obscene gesture towards girl

Gopeshwar: A 24-year-old man accused of making an obscene gesture towards a teenage girl in Nandanagar tehsil of Uttarakhand's Chamoli district has been arrested, police said on Monday.

The accused was arrested on Sunday evening in Bijnore in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, said Deputy Commissioner of Police Pramod Shah. PTI.

The incident had led to tensions in Nandanagar on Sunday and hundreds of people took to the streets to demand the arrest of the accused.

Angry villagers marched through the streets and even tried to vandalize the defendant's hair salon.

Given the sensitivity of the issue involving two different communities, the Chamoli police commissioner and other officials are still stationed in Nandanagar but the situation is under control, the DSP said.