Minor girl gang raped inside moving bus on Noida-Delhi journey
The driver and conductor were arrested after the girl was allegedly abandoned near Kashmere Gate ISBT; the sleeper bus has been seized and sent for forensic examination
A 16-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh was allegedly gang raped by a bus driver and conductor during a 60-kilometre journey from Pari Chowk in Greater Noida to Noida’s Sector 63 on a moving sleeper bus, according to police reports. The incident occurred on August 4 at around 11.30 p.m. amid heavy rain and darkness, when the girl, a Class 11 student, was offered a lift by the driver and conductor, Kuldeep and Sandeep.
After the bus began moving, the conductor allegedly made obscene gestures towards the girl, who was subsequently raped inside the bus. The bus driver continued towards Delhi, eventually taking the girl to Kashmere Gate ISBT, where she was dropped off and managed to reach a police station. Both accused have been arrested, and the bus has been seized for forensic examination.
The political fallout from the incident has led to criticism from opposition parties over the handling of women’s safety by the BJP governments in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
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