A 36-year-old police officer from the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters was arrested on the morning of the 10th for touching the body of a high school girl on the train on her way to work.
He is denying the charges.
The person who was arrested was Inspector Junhiko Hirota (36), who belongs to the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Automobile Police Corps.
According to the police, it is suspected of violating the prefecture's harassment prevention ordinance for touching the body of a 17-year-old high school girl on the Odakyu Odawara Line on the way to work before 8 am on the 10th.
* When Inspector Hirota got off at the platform of Ebina Station, a high school girl asked, "Did you pervert?" And grabbed your arm. I took it down with.
He denied the charges by stating to the police that he had not done so, so he did not know what he was doing.
Kozo Kamada, director of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Inspector General's Office, commented, "We deeply apologize to the victims and other citizens of the prefecture. We will take appropriate measures based on the results of future investigations."
* The inside of Hiro is "yellow"