Noida: Noida’s Phase-2 police station arrested a miscreant who molested and attempted to rape a young woman in an auto rickshaw during an encounter on Saturday morning. The bullet fired by the police hit his leg.
Police said that the auto rickshaw used in the incident and illegal weapons have been recovered from the accused. Earlier, seven cases have been registered against him under various sections including rape and molestation. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Second Zone) Shakti Mohan Awasthi said that on August 21, a person had lodged a report in Phase-2 police station that on August 16, his sister was returning from Surajpur to her house in Bhatta Colony of Bhangel in an auto rickshaw, when the auto rickshaw driver told his sister near Sector-88 that the CNG in the auto has run out.
In the complaint, it is said that the auto rickshaw driver took her sister to a secluded place on the pretext of filling CNG. There, he started doing obscene acts with her in the auto rickshaw and tried to rape her.
Meanwhile, on hearing the girl’s screams, people passing by gathered there and seeing people coming, the auto driver pushed the girl out of the auto rickshaw and fled from the spot. The Deputy Commissioner of Police said that taking this matter seriously, the police formed a special team and started searching for the auto rickshaw driver.
He said that on the basis of an information, the police tried to stop an auto rickshaw in the early hours of Saturday and when the auto driver did not stop, the police chased him. After this, the accused opened fire on the police team.
He said that in retaliation, the police also fired a bullet which hit the accused’s leg.
The police officer said that the accused has been identified as 26-year-old Kuldeep alias Sonu and he is a resident of Kannauj.