The incident happened on Sunday evening when Lalbabu Yadav, stated to be an anti-social, was trying to force a woman board a taxi in a busy market place of Shaktibagan locality.
However, local people caught hold of Yadav and handed him over to the police.
During interrogation, Yadav said that he assaulted a taxi driver in Bhowanipore area and fled with his taxi towards Rashbihari Avenue crossing, police said.
Yadav drank liquor the taxi and after spotting the woman, mother of a 10-year-old child, walking towards Chetla, he approached her to accompany him but the woman refused. Then Yadav held her hand and tried to abduct her, police said.