Overview
- Police identified the accused as Mahesh Ramesh Pawar, 45, and arrested him in Virar within five hours of the complaint.
- Kurar police booked him under the POCSO and Information Technology Acts and transferred the probe to Vakola police.
- Investigators say his phone contained eight to ten obscene videos of minor girls, including at least one deaf-and-mute girl.
- The complainant, now 22, approached police after seeing her 2009 assault recording shared on WhatsApp, reporting she lacked family support to file a case at the time.
- Officers are exploring suspicions that some recordings were captured over video calls without consent and used for blackmail.