India, May 31 -- Police have arrested a 51-year-old man for the alleged sexual harassment of a homeless woman sleeping on a footpath at night in southwest Delhi's Palam Village, police said on Saturday.

Deputy commissioner of police (southwest) Amit Goel said that on May 24, police received a PCR recall reporting that a man was inappropriately touching the homeless woman on the footpath. "A team was deployed to the scene and found the woman, who allegedly told police that nothing had happened to her and that she did not wish to take any action," the DCP said.

However, the local police station initiated a search. On May 30, police arrested the 51-year-old, identified as Mahavir, who works at a tent house, DCP Goel added.

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