Policeman held

The Kovalam police have arrested a 31-year-old international basketball player and member of the Punjab police team on charges of attempting to molest a 21-year-old foreign woman tourist.

Police identified the accused as Parminder Singh. He had arrived with the Punjab police team to take part in the all-India basketball tournament now in progress here.

According to the police, Parminder Singh was arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by the woman who is a citizen of the Netherlands. The police case is that the accused had attempted to molest a Dutch woman inside a hotel near the beach on Tuesday afternoon.

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