A minor girl jumped off a speeding autorickshaw in India’s Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district after the auto driver allegedly tried to molest her in the moving vehicle.
The incident was caught on nearby CCTV.
A video has gone viral on social media where the victim can be seen jumping out of the vehicle on a busy road in broad daylight to escape the molestation bid.
The accused driver, identified as Syed Akbar Hameed, was arrested.
Aurangabad Video.
I cannot imagine how much courage she had to muster to jump from Syed Akbar Syed Hameed’s auto-rickshaw on a busy road.
Molested, and scared, she threw herself out without fearing for her life.
In Ch Shivaji Maharaj’s era, this man would have lost his limbs pic.twitter.com/crv5OMw1NY
— Pranav Jadhav (@pranaavj) November 16, 2022
As per police, she jumped after noticing the accused’s obscene remarks and sexual advances. Soon after this, several bystanders ran to help the girl, who has sustained injuries on her head during the escape and is undergoing treatment at a hospital.
Following the incident, a case was registered under the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act.
