Man arrested for making sexual gestures to woman shopkeeper

One person was today arrested for allegedly making sexual gestures to a woman shopkeeper in Basdroni area here, police said.

The accused, a youth in his early 20s, entered the shop in Basdroni's Central Park area yesterday afternoon, when the woman shopkeeper was alone, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said.

"Initially, he started asking about prices of different items and suddenly started making sexual gestures seeing the woman alone. The woman filmed the entire act on her mobile phone," the officer said.

Police today nabbed the accused from his residence in Sonarpur after going through the video footage provided by the woman.

The accused has been booked under different sections of the IPC.

"We are looking into the matter and trying to talk to the youth. We are also trying to find out if he was having any mental problem," the officer added.