New Delhi: Recalling the horrors of the 2012 Nirbhaya case, a 30-year-old woman was allegedly dragged inside a private sleeper bus and raped by the driver and conductor in northwest Delhi’s Mangolpuri area, the police said on Thursday. The two men have been arrested.
The assault took place on May 11. The arrests took place the following day.
Recapping the events of the night, police sources said the woman was returning home after working at a factory in Mangolpuri. When she reached near the B-Block bus stand in Saraswati Vihar, she saw a man standing near the bus door and asked him the time. The man then allegedly dragged her inside the bus, drove the vehicle towards Nangloi
and raped her.
According to the statement of the woman, who is married and has three children, both the men raped her in turn.
The sources said there was a dispute over money.
The bus was stationed near the Nangloi metro station while the woman was assaulted, a police officer told PTI.
The bus has been seized.
“The Rani Bagh police station received information regarding the alleged rape of a woman. Her statement was recorded immediately and an FIR registered without delay,” deputy commissioner of police (outer) Vikram Singh said in a video statement.
Based on the woman’s statement, the FIR was lodged under sections 64(1) (rape), 70(1) (gang-rape) and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on May 12, the DCP said.
The police received information about the incident in a PCR call from the victim who alleged that she was sexually assaulted by two men.
Multiple teams were formed to nab the accused. While one of them was arrested immediately after the FIR was registered, the other was nabbed four hours later.
“Both the accused were produced before a city court and sent to judicial custody. Our teams are investigating the matter from all possible angles. The teams are collecting every single CCTV footage clip to make a strong case against the accused,” a police officer said.
The investigators are also probing if the bus had automatic doors.
“We have asked the forensic teams to collect evidence from the bus. The forensic and medical reports will also be examined thoroughly. We are verifying the sequence of the events. The teams are also probing that whether the bus was in operation at the time and if any other passenger was present during the alleged crime,” the officer said.
