A 43-year-old man was arrested for stalking a 20-year-old woman near a demolition site in Nalasopara, where hundreds of families have been left homeless after the civic body razed their illegal residential buildings.

The accused had been soliciting sexual favours from the woman. This incident has left those displaced as a result of the demolition concerned about the safety of other women. The homeless residents are from the seven out of 41 unauthorised residential buildings that were razed recently, by the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation following a court order. A total of 53 families have been living on the road and are yet to be rehabilitated by the state government.