The Uber cab driver who allegedly raped a 25-year-old woman while she was returning from Gurgaon on Friday night, has reportedly been detained by the police.
Though the identity of the detained person is yet to be confirmed, reports say that the accused has been arrested and the car has been recovered from Mathura. He will be produced in the court later.
New Delhi woke to another heinous news on Saturday morning as a 25-year-old woman was said to have been raped in a Uber cab that she reportedly hired from Vasant Vihar area after returning from a Gurgaon hotel party.
According to the police complaint, the victim who works as an MNC employee in Gurgaon, had finished her shift at 7 pm on Friday after which she attended a dinner party at a restaurant there with her friends.
Her friends dropped her in Vasant Vihar area from where she hired an Uber cab at around 9.30 pm and in the way, dozed off on the back seat of the cab, the police said citing the complaint.
The woman woke up only to find that she was being raped while the doors were locked and the car was stopped at a secluded place between Sarai Rohilla and Indralok, said the complaint. She
The driver then went on to threaten that he would kill her and also sexually assault her with a rod if she shouted. The driver then dropped her home, warning her not to inform police or anyone or he would kill her.
According to the police, the woman had managed to click the picture of the cab from her cell phone as the cab driver sped off after dropping her near her home.
A case has been registered at Sarai Rohilla police station under Sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC.