New Delhi, March 14 A 34-year-old bike taxi driver has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a female passenger during a ride in northwest Delhi's Rohini, police said on Saturday.
The incident occurred on March 12 when the woman booked a bike taxi through a mobile application to travel from Rohini Sector 15 to Pitampura.
In a complaint lodged at the K.N.K. Marg police station, the woman stated that she was traveling as a pillion rider when the accused allegedly started misbehaving with her near the Sector 13 dividing road on K.N.K. Marg.
When she objected to his behavior, the rider allegedly threatened her not to raise an alarm. The woman was later dropped near the FU Block in Pitampura, after which she approached the police with a written complaint, officials said.
Based on the complaint, a case was registered on March 14 under sections 74 (Assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 79 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and 351(3) (Criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and an investigation was launched, a senior police officer said.
The accused, identified as Sachin, a resident of Badli village in Delhi, was subsequently arrested. The motorcycle used during the ride has also been seized by the police.
According to the police, the accused is a Class 10 dropout and has been working as an app-based bike taxi driver for the past year. During verification, it was also found that he had previously been involved in a dowry death case registered at the Samaypur Badli police station in 2011.
He was produced before a court which remanded him in 14 days of judicial custody, police said.
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