[Yonhap]
[Yonhap]

A teacher arrested on suspicion of groping a woman on the Seoul subway has been indicted and placed in detention.

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's subway police unit sent the suspect — a man in his 50s identified only as A — to prosecutors in custody on July 30, Yonhap reported Tuesday.

A is accused of groping a woman inside a Line 9 train in May.

After receiving the initial report, police reviewed hundreds of CCTV recordings over roughly two months to track A's movements before launching an undercover operation on the subway. Officers spotted him late last month and arrested him on the spot after he attempted to make physical contact with another woman. He was a serving teacher at the time of his arrest.

Police sought an arrest warrant citing concerns about the risk of reoffending, and a court granted it.

A is currently standing trial in detention.


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