New Delhi : A 16-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh was allegedly raped by a driver and conductor inside a sleeper bus in Delhi after being offered a lift to Noida, police said on Monday. The incident took place near Kashmere Gate ISBT on the night of August 4. Police have arrested both the bus driver, Kuldeep, and conductor, Sandeep, seized the vehicle and sent it for a forensic examination.
The girl, a Class 11 student and a resident of Mainpuri district, had left home without informing her family and was travelling to visit her cousin in Noida. Amid heavy rain and darkness, she accidentally ended up at Pari Chowk in Greater Noida. An empty sleeper bus passing through the area stopped after the girl signalled to the driver. The driver and conductor allegedly told her they were headed towards Noida Sector 63 and offered to drop her there.
Shortly after the bus began moving, the conductor started making obscene gestures towards her. The driver and conductor then allegedly raped her and threatened to kill her if she resisted, DCP North Bhatt said. The accused dropped her on Ring Road near the Kashmere Gate ISBT in Old Delhi later that night and fled. The girl then approached Kashmere Gate police and reported the incident, the police official said.
The bus had earlier developed a fault and was taken to a workshop in Greater Noida’s Surajpur area for repairs. After the repairs, Kuldeep and Sandeep were taking the empty bus back to Timarpur when they encountered the girl at Pari Chowk. The bus travelled around 47 km from Pari Chowk to Kashmere Gate.
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