LUCKNOW: An auto driver and his aide allegedly gang-raped an 18-year-old passenger and dumped her at Husaidiya crossing in posh Gomtinagar area of Lucknow on Saturday.
The crime took place in Vibhuti Khand police station area.
According to the first information report (FIR), the survivor, a resident of Husainganj, had gone to teach a student in Chinhat (near Vibhuti Khand fire station).
She completed her task and reached the Chinhat fire station around 6.45pm to catch an auto for Charbagh.
A little later, the accused auto driver reached the spot and the girl asked him if he was ferrying passengers to Charbagh.
“The auto stopped near the fire station and I asked if he would go to Charbagh. There was a youth sitting in the auto beside the auto driver. After travelling for some kilometres, the auto driver drove the vehicle on the wrong route to a dark stretch of the road. I sensed something wrong and raised an alarm. But the auto driver took me to the dark stretch and they both took turns raping me for three hours. They took away my phone and hit a hard object on my head before dumping me. The auto driver threatened to kill me if I reported the matter to the police,” the girl alleged.
“I found a police vehicle of UP112 near the crossing. They enquired about the incident and went to the place where I had caught the auto. My condition started to deteriorate, and I was asked to go home. On the next day, my family filed a complaint with the women’s helpline and police,” she said.
DCP, East Zone, Prachi Singh said that a case for wrongful detention, gangrape, loot and attack on the survivor has been registered.
“The teams are hunting for the unidentified auto driver and his aide and have also got substantial leads in the case,” she said.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)