On another shocking incident with the crime against women — a 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped at around 2 am on Wednesday in a privately-operated AC sleeper bus. She was traveling from Pratapgarh to Noida and the incident happened in the moving bus.
The woman is said to be traveling with her two children to Noida. Her husband works as a vegetable vendor. She was allegedly raped by one of the two drivers of the long-route bus on a road stretch between Lucknow and Mathura.
Around a dozen more passengers on board the bus at the time of the incident. The woman was raped on the last seat in the moving bus. Layer she was threatened with dire consequences if she tried to raise an alarm, officials said.
The police on Wednesday arrested one of the two accused drivers. While a search is on for two more persons in connection with the case.
The Gautam Buddh Nagar police on Thursday arrested one more person in connection with the rape of a woman, officials said.
A police spokesperson said on Thursday night.
“One more accused, identified as Amit alias Mayuri who is a native of Bijnore district, has been arrested by Sector 20 police team. Search is on for two more persons in connection with the case.”
An FIR was registered at the Sector 20 police station in Noida under IPC sections 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation). Also under section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of the offence, or giving false information to screen offender). And 212 (harboring offender), it said.
