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Even as the auto drivers lifted the road blockade around 7.50pm, it took another hour for traffic movement to get normalised.A large police picket was posted at the crossing of Prince Anawar Shah Road and DPS Road. This is the first arrest in the case.As soon as fellow auto drivers came to know about the arrest, they blocked the road in front of South City Mall. KOLKATA: Traffic movement came to a halt on Prince Anwar Shah Road as auto drivers blocked a stretch during peak evening hours on Monday, protesting against the arrest of a driver on charges of molesting and harassing a woman a week ago. Akhtar had allegedly molested a woman when she protested refusal by the drivers outside South City Mall on March 18. Commuters had a harrowing time as they got stuck for hours due to the protest.Police arrested accused auto driver Sheikh Akhtar (42), a resident of Deshpran Shashmal Road, on Monday..