AURANGABAD: A scrap dealer was bashed by the people and handed over to the police for allegedly behaving indecently with women behind the old Big Bazaar on Wednesday morning.

The suspect has been identified as Shaikh Javed Shaikh Muneer (28), of Sanjaynagar, Baijipura. The police said that, in the past few days, Muneer was allegedly making indecent gestures and passing lewd comments at women while he was on a round for buying scrap material from people. On Wednesday, around 8am he misbehaved with a woman. The woman informed her family members and soon a mob traced the suspect and beat him up. Later, they handed him over to the Jawaharnagar police.

The woman has lodged a complaint against Muneer with the police. A case of molestation has been registered and the man has been put behind bars.

