Indian arrested for groping teens at Disney water park in US

July 06, 2016 17:32

A 27-year-old Indian, accused of groping six people, most of them girls, at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon water park in the US state of Florida has been arrested, police said today.

Aman Bhatia, was in the wave pool at Typhoon Lagoon andas the waves crashed over, one of the six victims said shefelt his hands touching her body.

Another victim says she was in the wave pool when Bhatia grabbed her waist from behind. She was able to break loose from his grasp, but he grabbed her again, WFTV.com reported.

One woman told Orange County Sheriff's deputies that on July 3, she was in the wave pool with her children. As the waves crashed, she said Bhatia ran his hands over her stomach and breasts, deputies said.

Another teen told deputies she was in the wave pool with her friends when Bhatia grabbed her buttocks. Once she got out of the pool, the teen said she saw Bhatia touch one of her friends when a wave crashed into them.

According to the arrest affidavit, several adults and a lifeguard confronted Bhatia and then deputies arrived.

The group then complained about the incident. In all, six people reported similar incidents involving Bhatia, deputies said.

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