UP woman alleges rape by bus driver, one suspect nabbed

NOIDA: A 25-year-old woman travelling with her two children from UP’s Pratapgarh has alleged that she was raped by the driver of a private bus while on her way to Gautam Buddh Nagar. A case has been registered at Sector 20 police station based on teh woman’s complaint and one suspect arrested, police said.

The incident took place in the wee hours of Wednesday. The woman’s husband works in Noida and she was on her way from their hometown in Pratapgarh with her two minor children to see him. In her complaint she has alleged that they started late at night and she was awake till they reached Lucknow around midnight, after which she fell asleep.

“She is not very clear about the time at which the incident occurred but according to the facts being stated by her, the private overnight sleeper bus was on the Lucknow-Mathura stretch when the incident took place. She said that it was still dark outside when the incident took place,” said deputy commissioner of police, women safety, Vrinda Shukla.

According to police officers, the bus driver was the primary suspect and raped the woman after a backup driver took over the wheels. One more person is involved in the incident. There were 22 other passengers in the bus at the time.

“After a while, the woman called her husband and relayed the incident. She had raised an alarm and informed the police as well. Scared, the suspects abandoned the bus and fled from the spot. One of them was nabbed and taken into custody,” said Shukla.

Local police got to know about the incident around 6 am when the woman was found near a private hospital in the Atta area. The bus was seized from the spot and it’s owner traced to Delhi’s Anand Vihar.

The DCP said that teams have been formed to trace and arrest the absconding suspects.