Rameshkumar Trilodhar, a 40-year-old rickshaw driver was today arrested for allegedly molesting a journalist from Mumbai on Tuesday, police said.
A resident of Ghatkopar (East), the police has booked Trilodhar under several sections of the IPC and Motor Vehicles Act.
The arrest and the incident took place near the Vinoba Bhave Nagar police station from Kurla area.
With the help of a rickshaw union, the accused was traced. Police also approached the Regional Transport Office (RTO) to get information of the rickshaw. We had also sought the CCTV footage placed outside the mall.
— Police, Vinoba Bhave Nagar
22-year-old woman journalist had lodged a complaint on Saturday against an unidentified auto-rickshaw driver for refusing fare and misbehaving with her and her friend, they said.
Last Tuesday, the complainant and her friend had approached the driver outside a mall in Kurla for a ride to the Kurla railway station.
However, the driver refused the ride and the three got into a verbal fight.
The complainant alleged that while speaking to her, the accused touched her intentionally and also passed lewd comments against her, police added.
After the scribe raised an alarm, the accused fled from the spot, though the former managed to jot down his vehicle’s registration number partly.
(At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. Because the truth is worth it.)