Dubai:
A 26-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to three months in jail for molesting a domestic help in the elevator of an apartment block in Dubai.
The criminal court here heard that the accused, a juice bar employee, known with the initials MR, followed the domestic help into the lift and molested her while on a delivery errand at the apartment building, local media reported today.
The victim said the accused grabbed her from behind and forcibly tried to kiss her.
"No one heard but as the lift opened in the second floor, I ran out," the domestic help was quoted as saying.
But the accused maintained that he had only held the woman's hand with her consent. He will be deported after serving the jail term.