Panaji:
A 49-year-old Indian businessman was beaten up by a mob on Calangute beach when he allegedly molested a Russian woman in the sea water late this evening, police said.
Police Sub Inspector Laxi Amonkar said the 25-year-old victim has lodged a complaint with Calangute police that Prakash Chand, a businessman from Bhopal, molested her while she was bathing.
The accused, who was bathing alongside the victim, allegedly tried to touch her private parts and caused her injury, he said.
The victim, who arrived in the state with a group of Russians for holidaying, further claimed that the accused broke her sun glasses when she resisted him, police said.
"The victim raised an alarm after which the accused was beaten up by people present at the beach," Amonkar said adding that the accused, who has been sent for medical examination, would be placed under arrest later tonight.