Bantwal, Nov 23: An auto rickshaw driver was arrested and sent to judicial custody for allegedly misbehaving with a schoolgirl at Kalladka in Bantwal taluk.
The accused has been identified as Rahim Bolanthur, an auto-rickshaw driver.
It is said that the girl was standing alone in a commercial complex in Kalladka after school hours when Bolanthur went up to her and hugged and kissed her. He then fled from the spot. Passersby who saw him running informed police.
Police booked a suo motu case and started investigation even though no complaint was registered. The accused was arrested under the Pocso Act. The girl was later filed a complaint in the jurisdictional police station.
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