Kolkata:
The auto-rickshaw menace continued unabated in the city with a girl being injured by one of the three-wheelers today, police sources said.
The girl was crossing the Mahatma Gandhi Road when the auto-rickshaw hit her from behind and injured her, the sources said.
The girl was rushed to the Medical College Hospital, while the auto-rickshaw driver was arrested, they said.
On January 25, a 27-year-old woman was assaulted by an auto-rickshaw driver over change for a Rs 50 currency note near a petrol pump at Alipur.
Earlier on January 16, a woman executive was punched in the face and left bleeding by an auto-rickshaw driver at Park Circus.
Transport Minister Madan Mitra has said that the government would press non-bailable charges to rein in rogue auto-rickshaw drivers and stop them from overcharging passengers.
The government has also decided to set up a helpline for passengers to register their complaints against them.
Auto-rickshaws, which are contract carriages, tend to run illegally as state carriages on fixed routes without meters and charge fares arbitrarily.
The girl was crossing the Mahatma Gandhi Road when the auto-rickshaw hit her from behind and injured her, the sources said.
The girl was rushed to the Medical College Hospital, while the auto-rickshaw driver was arrested, they said.
On January 25, a 27-year-old woman was assaulted by an auto-rickshaw driver over change for a Rs 50 currency note near a petrol pump at Alipur.
Earlier on January 16, a woman executive was punched in the face and left bleeding by an auto-rickshaw driver at Park Circus.
Transport Minister Madan Mitra has said that the government would press non-bailable charges to rein in rogue auto-rickshaw drivers and stop them from overcharging passengers.
The government has also decided to set up a helpline for passengers to register their complaints against them.
Auto-rickshaws, which are contract carriages, tend to run illegally as state carriages on fixed routes without meters and charge fares arbitrarily.
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