Delhi: Taxi driver held for rape near Red Fort

A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a 23-year-old woman inside his taxi at a secluded place near the Red Fort on Tuesday.

The woman has alleged that Chunnu Kumar raped her on the pretext of dropping her to a bus stand from where she could go to Ludhiana.

The police said that the complainant claimed that after visiting her brother's house in Noida, she came to the New Delhi Railway Station on the night of 11 September and bought a ticket for a Ludhiana-bound train.

The train was scheduled to depart around 4.30 am on 12 September, they said.

The police said that she came out of the waiting room at around 2 am and Kumar, started a conversation with her.

She alleged that he lied to her that the train had been canceled and offered to drop her till the bus stand so that she could go to Ludhiana.

However, Kumar allegedly took her to a secluded part of the Golden Jubilee Park near Red Fort and raped her. He dropped her at the Old Delhi Railway Station and fled, the police said.

PTI