An Indian court on Saturday remanded an American citizen in custody for 14 days over allegations he molested a teenaged boy in his hotel room, police said. The 51-year-old US national was produced before a sessions court in Kolkata, capital of West Bengal state, where a case was initiated against him under India's stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
"He was produced before a sessions court today (Saturday). He has been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days," Debashis Dhar, an additional police deputy commissioner, told AFP. Chief public prosecutor Manjit Singh confirmed the remand to AFP over phone. Officials at the US consulate were not immediately available for comment.