Mumbai, August 25: A Mumbai auto driver was arrested on Friday for allegedly masturbating while ferrying a female passenger in his vehicle from Malad to Borivli in Mumbai. According to details by Police, a media professional accused him of masturbating while she travelled in his auto from Malad on Wednesday night to go to her home in Borivali.

According to a report by PTI, the Police said that they tracked down autorickshaw driver Rajbahadur Pal (37) on Friday and arrested him. The woman escaped by jumping off the vehicle and proceeding to her house which was nearby, the complainant said while describing her ordeal to the Police.

In her complaint lodged at the Borivali police station, she had said that the driver was touching himself inappropriately during the journey and, after slowing down on an empty road en route, started masturbating. The girl took to social media and shared the incident. When she tweeted about her experience, Mumbai Police directed her to Borivali police station.

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