India, Dec. 10 -- A 54-year-old auto rickshaw driver from Kandivali was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly molesting a 17-year-old girl in his auto and pushing her off the running vehicle when she shouted for help.

According to the police, the incident took place around 4:00 pm on Monday, when the girl, a student of a college in Malad, was waiting for a rickshaw at SV Road, to return home after college hours. "She got into the accused's auto and told him that she wanted to go to Orlem in Malad West. He asked her to sit in the middle of the rickshaw, saying road work was going on and the auto would tilt to a side if she sat on one side. He then took the rickshaw in the wrong direction and stared at the girl through the mirror of the ricksh...