Man held for rape in parked bus in Gurgaon

A 25-year-old bus driver was arrested by Gurgaon police for raping a 19-year-old woman inside a parked bus, police said on Friday.

Raka, who ferries passengers on a private mini public transport bus from Gurgaon bus stand to sector 55-56, was arrested for sexually assaulting a woman known to him.

The accused lives in a rented accommodation in Ghata village near sector 56 and hails from Jodhpur in Rajasthan.

Police said that the victim arrived in Gurgaon with some family members from Faridabad to visit the Sheetla Mata Temple here.

The accused parked his bus near the temple and managed to call the victim inside the bus in the early hours of Friday and executed the crime.

"The accused was arrested after a case under section of rape was registered at sector 5 police station," Anil Kumar, chief of the police station told IANS.

--IANS

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