<div>Police have arrested two persons, including an auto-rickshaw driver, for allegedly abducting and molesting a teenage girl in a vehicle in Dombivli here.<div><br /></div><div>This is the second incident this month of molestation in an auto-rickshaw in the district.</div><div><br /></div><div>The 17-year-old victim, a resident of Sonarpada in Dombivli, was walking towards home from her classes on June 12 at around 6 pm when the two men dragged her into the auto- rickshaw and drove away, Thane police PRO Sukhada Narkar said.</div><div><br /></div><div>The man sitting on the back seat allegedly molested the girl and when she raised an alarm, he shut her mouth, Narkar said.</div><div><br /></div><div>As the rickshaw moved ahead, the girl spotted her brother and tried to reach out to him. However, the auto-rickshaw driver drove away, the victim said in her complaint filed on June 17, she said.</div><div><br /></div><div>Later, as the rickshaw slowed down, the girl jumped out and managed to save herself, police said.</div><div><br /></div><div>Based on the complaint, the accused -- auto-rickshaw driver Maunsingh Rajendra Singh (20) and co-passenger Dhirendra Mehta (26), a tempo driver by profession -- were arrested yesterday, the official said in a release.</div><div><br /></div><div>They have been booked under IPC sections 354(a) (sexual harassment), 363 (kidnapping) and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, police added.</div><div><br /></div><div>Earlier on June 7, a 23-year-old woman was molested by a male co-passenger in a shared auto-rickshaw and then thrown out at an isolated spot on Pokhran Road in the city at around 9.30 pm.</div><div><br /></div><div>The co-passenger and the auto driver were later arrested.</div><div><br /></div><div>In August 2014, a 24-year-old software professional, had suffered serious injuries, when she jumped from a moving auto rickshaw in Thane after the driver allegedly tried to abduct her. </div></div>
<div>Police have arrested two persons, including an auto-rickshaw driver, for allegedly abducting and molesting a teenage girl in a vehicle in Dombivli here.<div><br /></div><div>This is the second incident this month of molestation in an auto-rickshaw in the district.</div><div><br /></div><div>The 17-year-old victim, a resident of Sonarpada in Dombivli, was walking towards home from her classes on June 12 at around 6 pm when the two men dragged her into the auto- rickshaw and drove away, Thane police PRO Sukhada Narkar said.</div><div><br /></div><div>The man sitting on the back seat allegedly molested the girl and when she raised an alarm, he shut her mouth, Narkar said.</div><div><br /></div><div>As the rickshaw moved ahead, the girl spotted her brother and tried to reach out to him. However, the auto-rickshaw driver drove away, the victim said in her complaint filed on June 17, she said.</div><div><br /></div><div>Later, as the rickshaw slowed down, the girl jumped out and managed to save herself, police said.</div><div><br /></div><div>Based on the complaint, the accused -- auto-rickshaw driver Maunsingh Rajendra Singh (20) and co-passenger Dhirendra Mehta (26), a tempo driver by profession -- were arrested yesterday, the official said in a release.</div><div><br /></div><div>They have been booked under IPC sections 354(a) (sexual harassment), 363 (kidnapping) and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, police added.</div><div><br /></div><div>Earlier on June 7, a 23-year-old woman was molested by a male co-passenger in a shared auto-rickshaw and then thrown out at an isolated spot on Pokhran Road in the city at around 9.30 pm.</div><div><br /></div><div>The co-passenger and the auto driver were later arrested.</div><div><br /></div><div>In August 2014, a 24-year-old software professional, had suffered serious injuries, when she jumped from a moving auto rickshaw in Thane after the driver allegedly tried to abduct her. </div></div>