A 43-year-old driver of a luxury car was arrested for allegedly pleasuring himself in front of a TV actress near a school in suburban Vile Parle, police said yesterday.
Jeevan Chaudhary, who works as a driver for a city businessman, was arrested on a complaint lodged by the actress after the incident yesterday, a police official said. The woman was speaking on phone in front of her residence which is located close to a school. Chaudhary parked his car just 100 feet away from her and allegedly started pleasuring himself. When the woman, the wife of a known TV actor, noticed the obscene act, she threw a bottle at him. But before she could catch him, Chaudhary sped off, the official said.
However, the actor's wife managed to note down the last four digits of the car's registration number and this helped police track down the vehicle.
The actress, along with her husband, later approached the Vile Parle police station and lodged a complaint.
Based on the complaint, an offense under Section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered against the driver. After examining the CCTV footage of the area, police tracked down Chaudhary and arrested him from Vile Parle within hours of the incident.