MUMBAI: The Mulund police nabbed a 51-year-old auto rickshaw driver on Wednesday for allegedly molesting a mentally challenged minor. The driver identified as Sunil Sanghai, is a resident of Mulund Check Naka, while the victim, a 14-year-old girl is the resident of the same locality. According to the police, he has been ferrying several children to a Thane-based school meant for mentally challenged kids for the past one year.

Acting on the tip-off from a Mulund-based NGO, the police followed Sanghai’s vehicle. “We saw him taking the rickshaw in the Veena Nagar area. We caught him red-handed when he began to take liberty with the girl. We have booked him on charges of molestation,” said a police officer from Mulund police station.

The victim’s family was in a state of shock and demanded stringent action against the driver, the police said.