A 14-year-old class VIII student was allegedly gangraped by three auto drivers in a park of Noida late on Tuesday, said police.
All the three accused have been arrested with the help of the registration number of the auto rickshaw that was scanned though the CCTV footages.
The incident has raised questions on the safety and security of women in the national Capital region (NCR) as maximum incidents of sexual assaults are being committed by auto and bus drivers.
According to police, the incident came into light around 4 am on Wednesday when a passerby informed police about a girl lying in unconscience state at sector-119 Noida’s park. A police team rushed on the spot and taken her to the hospital at Sector 30.
Victim told police she had left her house at Shamli district of Western Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday around 2 pm after a dispute with her parents. She, along with her male classmate, boarded a bus to Noida but he deserted her mid way.
Police said the incident reportedly took place around 11 pm when she was sitting alone on a bench at Noida Sector-71. An auto-rickshaw driver asked her about the problem and she narrated the story, said police, adding that the victim alleged that the driver lured her to drop her to her home but brought her to an isolated park at Noida Sector-119 instead.
Superintendent of police, Noida, Dinesh Yadav, said they immediately formed a team and started investigation and also scanned the CCTV footage in and around the place where the minor was gangraped.
“All the three accused identified as Azad (26), Amir(23) of Bulandshar district and Zahid (19) of Hapur have been arrested from their rented house in Noida on Wednesday afternoon. All are are auto rickshaw drivers in Noida. Police later produced them before the court and they have been sent to a 14 days’ judicial custody,” the SP said.
“The girl underwent medical tests in the district hospital and reports are awaited. An FIR has been registered against them. Vitim’ parenthad also registered a missing complaint in Bhawan police station of Shamli,” the SP added.