How teen's plea for help after tiff with parents ended in gangrape on moving bus
A 17-year-old girl seeking help after leaving home was gang-raped on a moving sleeper bus. Two men offered her a ride, then sexually assaulted her for about thirty kilometers. They abandoned the teenager near Kashmere Gate after the alleged crime. Police arrested the driver and conductor within hours of the complaint being filed. The incident raises safety concerns for passengers on private buses.
A 17-year-old girl's desperate search for help following a disagreement with her parents tragically turned into a harrowing ordeal inside a moving bus. On August 4, the teenager traveled from Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, to Noida Sector 63 to meet her cousin and uncle. However, she made an error on her route and ended up at Pari Chowk in Greater Noida during heavy rain and darkness.
Seeking assistance, she flagged down an empty sleeper bus that was supposed to be heading towards her destination. The driver and conductor, Kuldeep and Sandeep, both from Kanpur, agreed to take her on board. The bus was not following a scheduled passenger route but had been taken out for repairs at a workshop in Surajpur since July 27.
As the bus began moving, the conductor allegedly began making inappropriate advances towards the teenager. According to the police, the two men sexually assaulted her while the vehicle was in motion between Pari Chowk and Noida Sector 63, a stretch of around 30km. The driver and conductor would take turns at the wheel during the assault, with the curtains covering the bus windows preventing anyone from seeing what was happening outside.
Once they reached the Noida side, the bus continued its journey towards Delhi. The accused allegedly abandoned the victim on Ring Road near Kashmere Gate, believing that taking her far away from the crime scene would make it more difficult to connect them to the incident. The girl then reported the incident to the police, leading to the arrest of both the driver and conductor in Noida.
The UP-registered sleeper bus has been seized and sent for forensic examination, while police have also collected CCTV footage from the area surrounding the route taken by the vehicle. The chargesheet in the case is expected to be filed this week. The Delhi Commission for Women has directed that the investigation be expedited, seeking an action-taken report within seven days. This incident has raised concerns over the safety of passengers, particularly women traveling alone in private buses across the Delhi-NCR region.
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