E-rick driver held for raping minor

Accused bit her cheeks while she resisted and hit him with a brick on his forehead

- UJWAL JALALI

A 17-year-old girl, who took an e-Rickshaw from ISBT Kashmiri Gate to go towards her home in Wazirabad, was sexually assaulted by the driver, who even bit her cheeks while committing the crime. The accused, identified as Mohd. Istikhar (27), a native of Samastipur in Bihar, has been arrested.

DCP (north) MK Meena said Bara Hindu Rao Hospital informed the Civil Lines police station on the intervening nights of June 12 and 13 about the sexual assault of a minor girl, after which a police team reached the hospital and recorded the statement of the victim.

The minor told the police that she had boarded an erickshaw near ISBT, Kashmere Gate, as she had to go to Wazirabad. However, the alleged driver, Istikhar, took her to the forest area near Jal Board Awaas area, Bara Hindu Rao, and assaulted her sexually and even bit her cheeks.

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