Auto driver, aide hold Shravasti woman captive, gang-rape her

Kanpur: Two persons including auto driver Mangu Lal and his aide were arrested on Monday on the charges of gangrape of a woman from Shravasti.
The woman, who was held captive by the accused at his home, somehow escaped and approached the police on Sunday. After registering a case on the woman's complaint the police arrested the accused and his aide.
The woman had arrived in the city from Shravasti by a State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) bus on Saturday, said the police.Her purse got stolen during the journey and she was standing near the Jhakarkati bus stand when an auto driver, Mangu Lal offered her help. In the name of helping her, he took the woman to his residence in Bajaria area. He held her captive there and he along with his aide ‘gang raped her multiple times.' The woman claimed that the accused physically assaulted her when she resisted their advances, said the police.
She managed to escape somehow and reached Bajaria police station to report the incident. Initially, no action was taken by the police.
However, on Sunday, the woman approached DCP Central Dinesh Tripathi, who assigned ACP Sisamau to investigate the case after which the raids were conducted to arrest the accused.
Bajaria police station in-charge confirmed that both the accused have been arrested after registering a report against them under appropriate sections.