India, May 16 -- A 23-year-old Uber driver has been arrested for allegedly harassing and molesting a 14-year-old girl while taking her from Dadar to her residence in Powai.

The accused, identified as Shreyansh Pandey, allegedly kept staring at the girl throughout the journey, took several different routes instead of the regular one to her house, tried touching her on the pretext of seeing her phone, kept asking her if she wanted a cigarette, and even stopped at an isolated place claiming that the vehicle had broken down.

The Dadar police arrested Pandey on Wednesday and booked him for sexual harassment under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.

The incid...