The Delhi Police arrested an Indrive app bike driver who tried to sexually assault an air hostess, working with a top Indian airline, and attempted to kill her for objecting to the rape in New Delhi’s Chanakyapuri. According to the police on Tuesday, he fled when an elderly couple stopped their car to rescue her in New Delhi’s Lutyens Zone, near Buddha Jayanti Park, when Delhi is on high alert for Independence Day.The driver was completely drunk and has an FIR against him at the Hauz Khas Police Station in Delhi.

According to sources, the accused driver told the victim that she wasn’t his first target and had raped several female passengers. The victim, a science graduate working as an air hostess with a top airline, lives in South Delhi.

She had gone to East Delhi to meet a friend and go shopping. On her way back to Dwarka, she booked a bike ride through the Indrive app, which was accepted by driver Jaideep. The ride started at 11:47 pm.

“I was shocked when he asked me to buy him an ice cream. He kept talking to me while riding and gave me his two phones to carry, asking me to give directions according to the map. I was totally shocked,” the victim told the police.

She added that ten minutes later, the driver demanded his phone back, saying he needed to make a call and later closed the location map. He took a wrong turn, despite the victim’s objections. When she questioned him, he claimed it was a shortcut.

After a few metres, the driver stopped the bike, and the victim became scared. She tried to signal other drivers for help, but nobody stopped. The accused then manhandled her, took her to a secluded area near a tree, and attempted to strangle her.