NEW DELHI – A US national complained of being sexually assaulted while on aholiday in Goa on the eve of Republic Day. Police on Tuesday arrested theaccused — 44-year-old biker Isidore Fernandes. The woman had also postedthe photograph of the accused, Indian Express has reported.

In her Facebook Post on Monday night, the New York resident had relatedabout the alleged assault when she hired Fernandes’ motorcycle for a ridefrom Arpora village to Morjim beach in north Goa.

“He picked me up post-dinner, and when we were making our way back to myhotel in Morjim that he started misbehaving.

He asked me if I would give him a kiss and obviously, I said no. I tried tokeep it light and suggested he ‘keep it professional’. I noticed that hekept taking turns into lanes that weren’t on our route and he kept sayingthat they were shortcuts, but it had already been 40 minutes on his bike,”her Facebook post reads.

“As we drove along, he forced my hands and took them under his shirt anddespite constantly telling him to ‘keep it professional’, he took my handsfurther down over his pants.” The woman further writes that she got off thebike, threw a 500 rupee note at Fernandes and ran down the street.

The Goa police picked the accused from Arambol beachfront early morning andbrought him to Pernem police station under whose jurisdiction the allegedcrime occurred. Police Inspector C L Patil from Anjuna Police stationconfirmed the arrest.

“He is from Anjuna and has admitted to the crime. We picked him based onthe photograph that the victim had managed to click. We used the photographto track him down,” said Patil.