The director of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Maharashtra’s Nagpur has been arrested after four women employees accused him of molestation and religious coercion, police said.

Police Inspector Haresh Kalsekar of Mankapur Police Station said a group of complainants approached the police on Saturday, prompting swift action against the accused. “Four girls came to us the day before yesterday to file a complaint. They work for an NGO named Universal Multipurpose Society. The director of this NGO is Riyaz Fazil Qazi,” Kalsekar told the news agency ANI.