A bus parked close to Timarpur Police station, as 16-year-old woman was allegedly gang raped inside a shifting sleeper bus after she boarded the automobile in search of assist whereas stranded in heavy rain. Police have seized the bus for forensic examination.
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A 16-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh was allegedly gang raped by a bus driver and conductor inside a shifting sleeper bus after they provided her a elevate amid heavy rain within the Delhi-NCR area, police mentioned on Monday (August 31, 2026).
The incident reportedly occurred at round 11.30 p.m. on August 4 throughout the bus’s 60-kilometre journey from Pari Chowk in Higher Noida to Sector 63 in Noida after which in direction of the Outer Ring Highway, the place the woman was deserted. The accused, driver Kuldeep and conductor Sandeep (29), have been arrested, whereas the bus has been seized and despatched for forensic examination.
Chatting with The Hindu, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Niharika Bhatt mentioned the woman, a Class 11 scholar , had left her house to go to her cousin in Noida. Amid heavy rain and darkness, she by accident reached Pari Chowk in Higher Noida.
An empty sleeper bus passing by the realm stopped after she signalled to the driving force. The driving force and conductor instructed her they had been headed in direction of Noida Sector 63 and provided to drop her there, the official mentioned.
Shortly after the bus started shifting, the conductor made obscene gestures in direction of the woman. The 2 accused then allegedly raped her contained in the bus and threatened to kill her if she resisted, in response to her assertion to the police.
The woman instructed police that the bus reached Sector 63 however the driver continued in direction of Delhi, ultimately taking her to the Ring Highway close to the Kashmere Gate ISBT. Ms. Bhatt mentioned the accused needed to desert her farther away from the place the place the crime had occurred.
The accused then dropped her on Ring Highway close to the Kashmere Gate ISBT and fled. The woman took an auto-rickshaw to Kashmere Gate police station and reported the incident, the DCP mentioned.
Police instantly fashioned groups to hint the bus and, with the assistance of the woman, recognized the automobile. The 2 accused had been subsequently traced to a bus car parking zone in Timarpur in north Delhi and arrested. The seized bus has been despatched for forensic examination.
Ms. Bhatt mentioned the bus had earlier developed a mechanical fault and was taken to a workshop in Surajpur, Higher Noida, for repairs. After the repairs had been accomplished, Kuldeep and Sandeep had been driving the empty bus again to Timarpur after they encountered the woman at Pari Chowk.
The sleeper bus had curtains round its berths, which police mentioned meant that individuals exterior couldn’t see what was occurring contained in the automobile. Police mentioned Sandeep has no earlier felony document. The police at the moment are making ready to file a chargesheet within the case.
The incident triggered a political row, with the Congress concentrating on the BJP governments in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh over ladies’s security. In a submit on X, the get together mentioned the incident had “shaken the nation”.
“The savagery continued for practically 50 km within the shifting bus, however the police from two states turned a deaf ear and slept on,” the get together mentioned.
The get together alleged that there was no satisfactory patrolling or checking and mentioned the incident uncovered what it described as “hole claims” about ladies’s security below the BJP governments.
AAP chief Saurabh Bharadwaj additionally criticised Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta over the federal government’s dealing with of instances involving youngsters. In a video message, he described her method in direction of instances of kid rape as “insensitive” and “disgusting” and alleged that Delhi was turning into a “capital of kid rape”, citing different current instances involving youngsters.
Revealed – August 31, 2026 04:19 pm IST
