Cabbie held for molesting TN tourist in Anjuna

Times of India | 4 days ago | 07-08-2022 | 01:29 am

Cabbie held for molesting TN tourist in Anjuna

Panaji: Anjuna police have arrested a taxi driver for allegedly molesting a woman tourist from Chennai. DySP, Mapusa, Jivba Dalvi said that on Friday night, the tourist, 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.

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