On Monday, a 40-year-old Bangladeshi Quran teacher was charged at the Dubai Court of First Instance for molesting a 15-year-old Indian girl in the emirate.

According to Khaleej Times, the man - whose identity remains anonymous - was the girl's private tutor for three months and taught her four times a week.

He denied the charges of molestation, a crime the victim says he committed at least five times at her house during private tutoring sessions.

The teenager "recounted to the investigator that at 10 pm on June 17, he grabbed her cheek and kissed her", Khaleej Times reported.

"He had been touching my thigh and hand and putting his leg over mine, claiming that I had not been paying attention while he taught," the student said, according to Gulf News. 

"On a Sunday evening, he took me by surprise and kissed my cheeks, very close to my lips. He then told me 'this is a friendly kiss and not a fatherly one'."

The scared teen "stepped away from him" and was asked by the tutor not to disclose of this to anyone. 

During the police investigation when authorities interrogated the alleged perpetrator, the 40-year-old confessed to kissing and touching the girl inappropriately.

The final verdict against the accused will be announced on August 12.

This wouldn't be the first time a molester is arrested in the UAE. 

Earlier this summer, an Indian man based in Dubai lost his court appeal and was jailed for molesting a six-year-old boy at a mosque in the emirate. He will be deported after serving his prison sentence.

Under current UAE laws, sexual harassment in the workplace - defined as "any unwelcome sexual advance or conduct on the job that creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive working environment" - is punishable by fines and/or jail terms.

In March 2018, a Filipino man stood trial in a UAE court for surprising a female colleague with a kiss. The 33-year-old faced a molestation charge in the case, which dated back to December 2017.

Over the weekend, a Lebanese man in Dubai was arrested on suspicion of killing a woman - his alleged girlfriend - within 18 hours of the crime. 

Dubai Police found the woman's dead body in her flat, and referred the suspect to the Public Prosecution for further investigation.

"Prosecutors are currently questioning the suspect and he remains in provisional detention pending investigation," an anonymous source told local media.  

"The motives behind the murder are still being investigated as more witnesses are to be heard," the source added.

However, the two are said to have been caught in a personal dispute, which is said to have involved a controversial Facebook comment the woman had posted, according to Gulf News. 

The horrific incident took place on Thursday after the man entered the woman's flat in Dubai upon arrival from another emirate in the country. 

Following a heated argument between the two, the man punched the woman and broke her nose. 

The violence caused internal bleeding, leading to the victim's death.

Head of the Dubai Police Media Department, Lt-Colonel Faisal Al Qasim, confirmed to Gulf News that the suspect admitted to killing the woman, whom he described as his girlfriend.

"While confronting the defendant, he voluntarily confessed ... that he was under the influence of alcohol and that he didn’t intend to kill the victim," said Al Qasim, according to Lebanese media reports.

In April, a UAE-based man fled the country after killing and burying his wife in her home in Sharjah's Maysaloon area. 

UAE authorities filed for an arrest warrant against him with Interpol soon after the victim's body was discovered.

In many reported cases around the Arab world, whether it's a case of honor killing or domestic violence, women are physically abused and killed, with many cases going unreported due to social norms and stigmas. 

Earlier this month, a UAE-based woman filed a lawsuit against her husband of four years and asked for a divorce after suffering years of abuse.

According to Emarat Al Youm, the woman worked with her husband for four years but never received a salary. 

After years of abuse, the husband decided to kick his wife out of his house and terminate her contract at his company. Alone in Ajman, the woman roamed the streets for four days and was left starving. Desperate, she went to her husband's office, begging him for money to buy food. 

However, he refused and violently beat her, breaking several of her fingers. The woman was then hospitalized and later reported the incident to Ajman Police.