The 35-year-old man, Amol Majumdar, who got down at Jadavpur was assaulted by the auto driver after he demanded a higher fare than the usual rate.
Following a police complaint, the auto was traced and the driver was arrested.
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Earlier on January 16, a woman executive was punched in the face and left bleeding by an auto-rickshaw driver at Park Circus.
Auto-rickshaws, which are contract carriages, run illegally as state carriages on fixed routes without meters and charge fares arbitrarily.
Transport Minister Madan Mitra had said that the government would press non-bailable charges to rein in rogue auto-rickshaw drivers and stop them from overcharging passengers.
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