Assaulted by driver throughout taxi journey to Nainital, Delhi girl compelled to cover close to village for hours: police | India Information
2 min learnDehradunMar 8, 2026 01:35 PM IST
A taxi driver was arrested in Nainital after he allegedly tried to rape a vacationer, assaulted her and robbed her telephone after taking her to a abandoned street as a substitute of her vacation spot within the district, police mentioned.
In accordance with police, the lady had travelled from Delhi to Haldwani on Thursday and employed a taxi to journey to Nainital later that night time from Kathgodam. At 1.30 am, the taxi driver, recognized as Deepak Singh Bora (39), allegedly diverted the automobile from the route and as a substitute drove in the direction of a abandoned street.
“The lady was noticing the diversion on the map and when she objected, he stopped the automobile, jumped to her seat, assaulted her and allegedly tried to rape her. She kicked him out of the automobile and beat him along with her umbrella. She later ran away and hid behind a raised platform. He had additionally snatched her cell phone to stop her from recording the incident on digicam,” mentioned a police officer.
After the incident, the survivor was noticed by a girl the following morning and was taken to the close by village. The headman of the village knowledgeable the police on Friday morning.
Utilizing CCTV footage, the automobile quantity and the GPS system put in within the automobile, police traced and arrested the motive force.
Police mentioned a forensic crew inspected the spot, and proof was collected. Primarily based on the lady’s criticism, an FIR was registered underneath sections 64, 309(6) and 137 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Police additionally recovered the lady’s cell phone and seized the automobile used within the incident.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Nainital, Manjunath T C, mentioned a case was registered instantly, and the accused was arrested inside 10 hours. “Medical examination of the lady was carried out, and her statements recorded. The accused, who’s a Haldwani resident, was traced and arrested. The accused was handed the automobile over by the proprietor of the automobile on February 27. The proprietor had not undertaken police verification of Bora, nor did he have a membership card to ply a taxi. We have now initiated motion towards him,” the SSP mentioned.
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