Karnataka rape case: Cabbie took selfie before assaulting woman

Karnataka Police investigating the alleged rape of a woman traveller by the cab driver of a reputed cab service in Bengaluru has found a selfie photo with the victim from the mobile phone of the accused police sources said here on ThursdayJeevan Beema Nagar police on Wednesday arrested the cab driver Devaraj alias Devarajulu a resident of Avalahalli near KR Puram in connection with the case The accused originally belonged to Andhra PradeshThe incident had taken place in the wee hours of Wednesday The victim grabbed her bag and driverrsquos mobile before rushing out of the cab She had submitted the cell phone to the policeThe police are surprised to find the selfie on the suspectrsquos mobile The accused before committing the crime had clicked the selfie with the victim who in the frame is asleepThe sources further explained that the cab was booked at 320 am on Wednesday by the victim from her friends place in HSR Layout She reached the destination her home at 340 am However she was asleep and did not realize she had indeed reached her homeThe cab driver who came to wake her up opened the backdoor and saw she was in deep sleep At this point he thought of committing a crime and took the vehicle to a nearby isolated place There he clicked the selfie with the victim and raped her in the backseat of the cab sources saidBy the time the victim got back to her senses it was too late and somehow she managed to push the accused off and ran towards her home She reached her home at about 445 am The accused also escaped from the scene But he came back again to the spot as he found his phone was missing The accused realized his mobile phone was missing when he wanted to end the trip according to sourcesThe police said that the girl had called up the police station and informed them about the incident Immediately the police sent a team with a woman police officer to the house of the victim The police collected further details of the incidentThe victim was taken to the police station in their vehicle and after registration of the complaint and medical test police dropped her back at homeThe police have taken the clothes of the victim and the accused into custody and sent them for examination The preliminary investigations have suggested sexual assault and the police are waiting for medical reportThe accused had come to Bengaluru two years ago for a livelihood The police are suspecting his involvement in many such cases and are questioning him Though he denied having committed the crime initially later he confessed to have sexually assaulted the womanThe incident has sent shock waves across Bengaluru and the state as thousands of women use cab services during nightsEarlier S Murugan Additional Commissioner of Police confirmed the arrest of the culprit Further investigation is onThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever