UP: 25-year-old woman travelling with her kids, raped on moving bus by driver

A 25-year-old women travelling with her two kids from Pratapgarh to Noida in Uttar Pradesh was allegedly raped in a moving bus by one of the drivers on Wednesday, said police.

The incident happened between Lucknow and Mathura but the complaint was filed by the women at a police station in Noida after she arrived here.

The private bus had two drivers and a staffer, apart from many passedgers, they said.

“It was an AC sleeper bus, coming to Noida from Pratapgarh. According to the information given to the police by the woman, it appears the incident took place during the night when the bus would have been on a stretch between Lucknow and Mathura,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Women Safety) Vrinda Shukla.

“As the complaint was made after the woman reached here, an FIR was immediately lodged in Gautam Buddh Nagar,” Shukla said.

The police officer stated that one of the accused named in the FIR has been taken into custody and the bus as well, hs been impounded.

The DCP said further investigation in the case are going on and the complainant has been sent for a medical test.

“All co-passengers of the woman are being traced and their statements are being taken down so that a charge sheet in the case could be filed soon,” she added.

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