Alert cabbie prevents rape

Five drunk men abducted Sahara Mall employee after tiff with her; cab driver saved the day by calling the cops on time

Alert cabbie prevents rape

Five drunk men abducted Sahara Mall employee after tiff with her; cab driver saved the day by calling the cops on time

Saturday night became a nightmare for a 24-year-old girl after five men kidnapped her, allegedly with the intent to rape. Fortunately, she was rescued by the police before anything untoward happened. Ritu Kumar (name changed), an employee at the pub 'Prison' of Sahara Mall in Gurgaon, was at the mall with two colleagues and their relatives. The accused, who wanted to celebrate the fact that one of them had bough a Scorpio car, had come to a pub in the mall.

The good samaritan: Amit Sehrawat, the cab driver who called up the
police, informing them of the abduction

After the pub closed, the men had a tiff with the girls, who then left for home in a private cab. As the cab crossed the Ghitorni metro station, the Scorpio, without a number plate, intercepted it. The accused then dragged Ritu into the Scorpio. When the others, I including cab driver Amit Sehrawat, tried to intervene, the accused beat them up and took their mobile phones, and the driver's wallet and car keys.

Kartar Singh and Pramodu00a0 who were involved in kidnapping of the girl,
arrested by cops in south Delhi. PICs/Rajeev Tyagi

Fortunately, they did not take Sehrawat's phone, who immediately called the police and informed the picket staff of Aaya Nagar and the patrol party moving in the Fatehpur Beri area about the incident.

Scorpio(n) Sting: Recovered car of the accused and the cab in
which the girls were travelling, at Hauz Khas police station on Sunday

Man of the hour
Sehrawat said, "The boys were drunk. They took my wallet and the car keys but forgot to take the phone."
According to police, after abducting the girl, the accused went towards the Aaya Nagar picket, so that they could reach Faridabad. At the picket, they saw the police post and immediately took a U turn.u00a0 The picket staff then informed the mobile checking party. The car had taken a route via Jaunapur to reach the new highway connecting Gurgaon to Faridabad.u00a0

Cab driver Amit Sehrawat. PIC/Rajeev Tyagi

The patrol party intercepted the accused before they reached Jaunapur. In their haste to escape, the accused rammed the Scorpio into the police car many times. Then, taking advantage of the darkness, the five men tried to run away. Some condoms were also found inside the vehicle.

The five fiends
"The men were identified as Kartar Singh (23), Pramod (22), Ramesh Nagar, Deepak Singh and Arun, all residents of Faridabad and nearby areas. Deepak is the son of a former Haryana cop. Kartar and Pramod were apprehended while the other three managed to flee. The victim was rescued and a case has been registered. We have also sent five teams tou00a0 Faridabad to nab the absconders," said Chhaya Sharma, DCP, South.

Rescue timeline
2am: Pub shuts for the day
2.15am: Girls come out of the mall
2.30am: Girls hire a private cab
2.45-3am: Scorpio overtakes the cab and the accused drag Ritu into their car
3.15am: Cab driver Amit Sehrawat calls PCR
3.45am: Police chase the Scorpio
4.30am: Two of the accused are caught. The victim is rescued

Rape on wheels
On July 4 a 21-year-old man was arrested for abducting and raping a minor in a moving vehicle. The police said the accused and two of his friends kidnapped and then gang-raped the girl on June 27. The victim was driven around in a van for nearly four hours. The victim's family alleged the accused filmed the crime and prepared an MMS. They then threatened the victim of dire consequences, if she approached the police. "They (the accused) warned her to keep her mouth shut," a family member said. After a week, the victim finally mustered courage to approach the police. On November 25 last year, a call centre employee was abducted and gang-raped in a moving car near Dhaula Kuan. The girl, who was from the North-East and worked with a call centre in Gurgaon, was dropped by her office cab near her residence around 1am. Another girl was dropped nearly 100 metres away. The victim stayed in a rented accommodation near Moti Bagh. Four men then dragged her inside their car, while her colleague, too far to see the number plate, fled in panic. The men then dropped her in the northwestern fringes of the Capital after assaulting her. The accused were arrested after a massive search involving more than 600 policemen.

Sabrina Lall speaks
Sabrina Lall, sister of Jessica Lall, said, "Unfortunately we live in a city where men are uncouth and women have to hear disgusting things. Pubs should make sure the female employees are accompanied by an armed person, while going back home. Taking small measures like these will go a long way in averting incidents like these."