A 40-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly calling a woman "coronavirus" after spitting paan on her face in northwest Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar, police said.
The accused has been identified as Gaurav Vohra, a resident of Model Town, they said.
On Sunday, the woman lodged a report alleging that a man slowed down his scooter, spat paan on her face and called her "coronavirus" at a street, a senior police officer said.
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Thereafter, a case under has been registered at the Mukherjee Nagar police station under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code for word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman.
During investigation, police analysed the CCTV footage from the area and searched for a white scooter. After identifying the scooter, the accused was arrested on Wednesday, police said.
The vehicle was also recovered from his possession, they added.
Gaurav Vohra works at a cooker manufacturing factory in Delhi's Anand Parbat, the police said.
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