The incident came to light when the student approached the China embassy that immediately took up the matter with the jurisdictional police.

New Delhi: Despite claims by the Delhi police, the national capital continues to see a spurt in crime against women and misbehaviour against foreign nationals.

In a recent incident, a foreign student of Lady Shri Ram College, who had come to the national capital for strengthening ties between the two nations during an exchange programme, was allegedly molested and misbehaved with by a 50-year-old florist in South Delhi on last Tuesday. Based on her complaint and the description given, the police made sketches of the accused and managed to arrest Awaneesh alias Mahaveer, a resident of Gautam Puri in Badarpur, in this connection.

The police said that the victim, who lives in a rented accommodation in Greater Kailash, used to buy flowers from Mahaveer. He used to sell small flowerpots on his bicycle. On February 27, while the victim was standing outside her house, Mahaveer allegedly came there with the plants and asked her to buy a few. When the victim was buying the plants, Mahaveer allegedly dragged her inside the rented flat, locked the doors, and molested her.

In her plaint, the student alleged that the accused was misbehaving with her and had touched her inappropriately.

The incident came to light when the student approached the China embassy that immediately took up the matter with the jurisdictional police. The victim, who is said to be disturbed by the incident, is undergoing counselling.

“The student didn’t have any number or other information which could help us nab the culprit. We counselled her, following which she gave us the description of the accused and accordingly his sketch was made. The team circulated the sketches and on Thursday he was identified. Mahaveer used to come daily to Greater Kailash to sell flowers and it led to his arrest,” said a police officer.

A case in this connection is registered in the Greater Kailash police station.