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Auto driver held for masturbating in front of morning walkers

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Press Trust of India Mumbai

A 55-year-old auto rickshaw driver was arrested here on Tuesday for allegedly masturbating in front of women morning walkers in suburban Malad, police said.

An official of Bangur Nagar police station said a woman recently saw the accused, Ram Naresh Yadav, masturbating, and managed to take his picture which she tweeted to the Mumbai police's Twitter account.

When Yadav was found doing the same thing the next day, the woman managed to film the number plate of his rickshaw and shared the information with the police.

"We tracked him down and arrested him under IPC section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman). He would be produced before a court on Wednesday," said senior police inspector Shobha Pise.

 

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First Published: Sep 17 2019 | 9:35 PM IST

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