Delhi shocker: 27-year-old woman executive raped by Uber cab driver
New Delhi, Dec 7: A 27-year-old woman was allegedly raped by the driver of the cab she had hired to return home from a dinner party in Gurgaon on Friday night.
The incident took place at around 9:30 P.M. when the woman, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon, was headed back to her home in north Delhi's Inderlok area.
"The woman had gone to a restaurant for dinner with some friends after her shift ended at 7 P.M. One of her friends dropped her till Vasant Vihar from where she hired a cab run by a private company to take her to Inderlok," police said citing the complaint filed by the victim.
On the way, the woman dozed off on the back seat of the car only to wake up and find that they had stopped at a secluded spot. She found that the car doors were locked and, when she tried to raise an alarm, the driver thrashed her and then committed rape, police said.
The accused then dropped her off near her home in Inderlok after threatening to kill her if she spoke of the matter to anybody.
"The woman clicked a photograph of the car's number plate and then made a PCR call to report the incident," police said.
She
was
sent
for
a
medical
examination,
which
confirmed
rape
but
showed
that
she
was
not
given
any
sedatives.
"A
case
has
been
registered
at
Sarai
Rohilla
police
station
under
Sections
376
(rape),
323
(voluntarily
causing
hurt)
and
506
(criminal
intimidation)
of
IPC."We
have
identified
the
cab
company
and
the
driver,
who
is
in
his
mid-30s.Raids
are
being
conducted
to
nab
him,"
police
said.
The
names
of
the
accused
driver
and
the
cab
company
were
not
disclosed
pending
investigation.
PTI