Mumbai police arrest Gopal Valmiki, the man who publicly masturbated at an American woman

Gopal Valmiki, the man who shamed India by jerking off in public at a foreigner

Staff correspondent, August 19, 2015, NewsCrunch

The Mumbai police's hunt for the man, who had masturbated  at an American woman, ended  on Wednesday morning with the arrest of Gopal Valmiki.

Gopal Valmiki works in the Colaba area of Mumbai.  A few workers of the area tipped off the police after coming across the accused's photos distributed by the police.

Maryanna Abdo, an American writer, had  alleged that a man had masturbated at her on Monday morning. Though he had ran away when confronted, she had managed to take his photo, which she shared on Twitter.

In a bid to trace him, Mumbai Twitter users re-tweeted the photo sending it viral, even catching the attention of Mumbai CM Devendra Fadnavis, who directed the police to act.
Though many on Twitter had apologised to Maryanna Abdo, she had said she did not blame the country for her disgusting experience as these incidents occurred else where as well.

NewsCrunch had earlier not published Gopal Valmiki's photo as it was not able to verify the complaint independently.

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