Chennai: Five days after an engineering college student was allegedly molested by a share auto driver and his friend, the city police arrested them on Saturday. The arrested persons were identified as share auto driver A. Janarthanan (27) of Kosapet in Porur and his friend S. Pavin (21) of Kovur.
The incident happened on May 7 evening, when a Tiruchy-based girl, studying in a city engineering college and staying at Porur, was returning after college. She boarded a share auto near Guindy Race Course bus stop. According to police, the auto driver and his friend, already in the auto, allegedly took the girl to a secluded place and started molesting her.
However, the girl managed to jump off of the auto near Porur. She also filed a complaint with Guindy police, which registered a case. The police gathered CCTV grabs and identified the registration number of suspected auto. On investigation, it had come to light that the driver of the share auto A. Janarthanan and S. Pavin (21) were involved in the incident.
“After investigation, we arrested the duo on Saturday early morning and the share auto was seized,” the police said. The police also said that Janarthanan and Pavin will be remanded after enquiry.
