Two NRI women, natives of Gujarat currently staying in California, were molested by a mob of over 70 men as they came out of the hotel where a New Year special dance show by actor Bipasha Basu was held.

• Mumbai, January 6, 2008: Renuka Chowdhary, Union Women and Child Development Minister will review the report of NRI molestation case occured on New Year Day Two photojournalists, who had taken photographs of the accused and Amarjeet Singh, Assistant Commissioner of Police who had reached the spot at that time, had identified 14 people accused of being involved in the incident

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• Mumbai, January 6, 2008: National daily newspaper's two photographers identified the 14 men accused of molesting two NRI women on New Year's Eve. The suspects were paraded in front of the two photographers in Arthur Road Jail for the identification process.
  
• Mumbai, January 5, 2008: All the 14 men arrested will be put through an identification parade here today.
  
• Mumbai, January 5, 2008: Maharashtra Government told Bombay High Court for setting up a fast-track court- RR Patil, Deputy Chief Minister said, "We have got nearly all the accused in the case. It is high time that they are punished strictly and without wasting any time.We will also be writing to the Centre for making provisions in the law to enhance punishment for such offences."

• Mumbai, January 5, 2008: All the 14 accused, arrested persons, bailed by furnishing a surety of Rs 10,000 each - The arrested persons were- Dinesh Bagaitkar, Sudhir Naikwade, Kunal Jadhav, Shobby D'Souza, Ajay Marathe, Vaibhav Marathe, Sandip Panchal, Manoj Panchal, Sandip Shukla, Derek Jadhav, Swapnil Mandare, Siddharth Singh, Amit Kapoor and Ravindra Shukla. Magistrate Madhav Bondre granted bail to all 14 persons on furnishing a surety of Rs 10,000. Nagesh Joshi, Defence lawyer said the arrested persons were not hardened criminals and were ready to co-operate with the police investigations. The prosecution asked for judicial custody as the identification parade by the witnesses was yet to be conducted.

• Mumbai, January 4, 2008: 14 detained in connection with Two NRI women molested in Mumbai- K L Prasad, Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) told reporters here that 14 people were arrested on Thursday in connection with the molestation of two NRI women outside a five star hotel on the New Year day. One of them surrendered following the repeated coverage received by the case in the media while the rest 13 were arrested from suburban Vile Parle on the basis of a specific tip off......Full Story

• January 3, 2008: NRI US-based honeymoon couple will never visit India again
  Their honeymoon and New Year’s Eve in Mumbai turned out to be a nightmare -For Hiten Patel (22) and his wife, the decision to spend their honeymoon and New Year’s Eve in Mumbai turned out to be a nightmare. Patel’s wife is one of the two women molested by a mob of men outside the J W Marriott Hotel in Mumbai in the wee hours of Tuesday....Full Story