NEW DELHI: A woman was allegedly gang-raped inside a stationary sleeper bus in Delhi’s Rani Bagh area on Monday night, with the driver and conductor arrested in connection with the case, police said.
According to the complaint, the survivor—who works at a factory in Mangolpuri—was walking home when the incident occurred. Police said the accused allegedly forced her into the bus after she approached one of them to ask for the time at a bus stop in Saraswati Vihar, before driving towards Nangloi where the assault took place.
The vehicle used in the crime has been seized, and an FIR has been registered following the woman’s medical examination. Officials said the investigation is ongoing and all angles are being examined.
Police said the survivor, a resident of a slum cluster in Pitampura, is married and has three children.
The incident has triggered political reactions, with the Aam Aadmi Party criticising the BJP-led government over women’s safety in the national capital. Senior party leader Manish Sisodia termed it a repeat of the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, while Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj also condemned the incident.
The case has drawn parallels with the 2012 Delhi gang rape, in which a 23-year-old woman was brutally assaulted in a moving bus and later succumbed to her injuries.
