Bengaluru: Irked mob thrashed a man from Uttar Pradesh in Mangalore for allegedly misbehaving with a woman, police said.
Sources here said that, youth flashed currency notes at a woman in a bid to receive sexual favours near the Mangalore city bus-stand.
The woman raised an alarm and objected to his behaviour.
The indecent behaviour:
- The woman was on her way to a nearby town for work when the youth signalled at her with lewd gestures on Monday noon.
- Subsequently, a crowd gathered and thrashed the youth before the police intervened.
- The youth claimed that he mistook the woman for a 'prostitute'.
- Police has filed a case and is trying to ascertain the youth's background.