PANAJI: Anjuna police on Saturday arrested a taxi driver for allegedly molesting a woman tourist from Chennai.
Deputy superintendent of police (DySP), Mapusa, Jivba Dalvi, said that on Friday midnight, the tourist, a woman from Chennai, landed at Goa International Airport, Dabolim, and boarded a shared cab to Anjuna.
While the other passengers got down at Panaji, she proceeded to Anjuna, Dalvi said, adding that while she was alighting, the taxi driver molested her by grabbing her. She immediately ran into the villa, and lodged a police complaint on Saturday.
“Upon receipt of the complaint, the taxi number was identified by police and the driver, Mithun Shrikant Gaur, a native of Gulbarga, Karnataka, was apprehended and placed under arrest,” Dalvi said.
Within two hours of lodging the complaint, PI Prashal Dessai and PSI Sahil Warang arrested the driver. Further investigations are in progress.
Deputy superintendent of police (DySP), Mapusa, Jivba Dalvi, said that on Friday midnight, the tourist, a woman from Chennai, landed at Goa International Airport, Dabolim, and boarded a shared cab to Anjuna.
While the other passengers got down at Panaji, she proceeded to Anjuna, Dalvi said, adding that while she was alighting, the taxi driver molested her by grabbing her. She immediately ran into the villa, and lodged a police complaint on Saturday.
“Upon receipt of the complaint, the taxi number was identified by police and the driver, Mithun Shrikant Gaur, a native of Gulbarga, Karnataka, was apprehended and placed under arrest,” Dalvi said.
Within two hours of lodging the complaint, PI Prashal Dessai and PSI Sahil Warang arrested the driver. Further investigations are in progress.