The incident took place on the Belgharia-Golbagan auto route..Arpita Bera
The woman was sitting beside the driver while returning home when he allegedly began molesting her and repeatedly tried to touch her private parts despite her objections, according to police sources. Fearing for my safety and unable to tolerate the harassment any longer, I eventually jumped out of the moving auto,” the student said in her complaint. The further investigation is underway,” a senior police officer of the Barrackpore Commissionerate said.
Finding herself unable to escape, the student jumped from the moving auto, raised an alarm and got the accused driver arrested with the help of locals. “The situation worsened when the auto reached the Pathanpur area under Nimta police station. I warned the driver several times and asked him to stop his objectionable behaviour. However, he continued. Hearing her screams, local residents intervened and caught the driver, identified as Kalachand Mondal. They handed him over to the police. Nimta police subsequently arrested him. Mondal is a resident of the Rabindrapally Hatkhola area. “The accused auto-rickshaw driver was arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by the woman with Nimta police station and produced in a Barrackpore court.
Police produced the accused before a court on Saturday and took him into custody for further investigation.