New Delhi: A 16-year-old Class 11 student was allegedly gang-raped inside a sleeper bus in Delhi’s Kashmere Gate area, police said. The driver and conductor of the bus were arrested after police launched an investigation into the alleged crime.
The incident occurred on the night of August 4 when the girl, who was travelling from Uttar Pradesh to meet her cousin in Noida, mistakenly got off at Pari Chowk amid heavy rain.
She allegedly signalled to the empty sleeper bus, following which the driver, Kuldeep, and the conductor, Sandeep, offered her a ride.
The accused allegedly gang-raped her and threatened her before abandoning her near Kashmere Gate, police said.
The bus has been seized for forensic examination.