Mangalore, July 13: A married man from Mohalla in Moodbidri was arrested by the police on Saturday July 12. The accused is identified as Mohsin (42), who was purportedly troubling girls by calling them on their mobile phones and indulging in vulgar talk.

Although complaint was filed against the unidentified caller the police found it difficult to trace him. Efforts were made to trace the caller; the number from which the women were receiving calls was traced to Haveri, but that number rejected calls from unknown numbers. Until a woman who had parked her two-wheeler near the post office at Moodbidri, found a note with a phone number cum instruction to call on that number. The lady then approached the police with the help of her husband. The number was the same from which other women too had received calls.

The police then set a trap for the accused. They asked the woman to call the man on the given number and ask him to meet her at Swaraj Maidan. The woman did as told, and on Saturday, when the man came at the appointed time, the locals caught him before handing him over to the police.

It is learnt that when women went to shops to recharge their mobile currencies, Mohsin would stealthily note down the numbers and later misuse them.