Mumbai, Feb 21 (PTI) A 21-year-old man and his female friend were arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman passenger in Kalina area in Mumbai after their car rammed into the autorickshaw carrying her family members, police said on Monday.

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The incident occurred on Sunday night when the accused duo, Akash Chowdhary and his friend Suchitra Naik, were headed towards Kalina in their car.

The car rammed into a parked autorickshaw near Kalina Chowk in which the victim and her family members were sitting, a Vakola police station official said.

During a heated argument, the duo attacked the woman and her family members on the road, he said.

Chowdhary and Naik were taken to the police station where a case was registered against them, the official said, adding that further investigation is underway.

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