Yet another incident of sexual assault on a software professional has rocked Cyberabad, the hub of IT companies in Hyderabad.
Deputy Commissioner of Police T Kranti Rana told the media that the police have registered a case of sexual assault against an unknown person who had abducted the 25-year-old woman in her own car to the Outer Ring Road and tried to molest her on Thursday.
However, he fled leaving her in a dazed condition when the lady raised an alarm.
According to the police, the lady techie had gone to a temple in Khajaguda on Thursday morning but forgot to lock her car. When she came back and boarded the car for return journey, a man suddenly grappled her from behind and threatened her with knife warning against raising an alarm.
Speaking in English the man said he meant no harm and only wanted to take lift. As the glasses of the car were tinted the happenings inside were not visible from outside.
Police said that the man forced the lady to drive the car on to the Outer Ring Road after crossing a toll gate.
As the car reached an isolated place and the man tried to attack her, the lady raised an alarm. She also managed to send an alarm to her friend over SMS who in turn alerted the police. The police sent the lady for a medical examination and investigations were on with the help of finger prints found on the car.