A 16-year-old girl who had left home after allegedly being ill-treated by her stepmother and brother on Saturday night was molested and harassed by an off-duty conductor inside a cluster bus plying on the city roads without a home guard, police said.
The incident came to light after the driver forgot his way to Lajpat Nagar and ended up stopping the bus on Tansen Marg near Mandi House to ask for directions.
Two cops patrolling at Tansen Marg spotted the girl crying inside the bus, stopped it after a chase and arrested the accused who was in an inebriated condition. He has been identified as Ranjeet Singh, a resident of Palam Colony.
Singh worked as a conductor in another bus and has been booked for criminal intimidation, molestation and outraging a woman's modesty, a senior police officer said.
The accused has been sent to 14 days judicial custody after being produced in the court.
The driver, Prehlad Singh and conductor, Tejveer, were let off after interrogation by the police. However, they have been terminated from service by the authorities for moving the bus ahead after asking for directions.
Police said the victim lived with her father, two elder brothers and a younger brother and her stepmother in Khayala area of west Delhi.
Allegedly tormented by her stepmother and brother, she had left home around 9.30pm to go to the Child Welfare Committee in Lajpat Nagar, about which she had heard from her neighbors.
As per her statement in the FIR, she boarded the bus plying on route number 410 from Khayala to Jal Vihar (Lajpat Nagar) around 10pm and there were around 12 passengers in the bus.
The accused boarded the bus in Moti Nagar and sat beside her. The bus emptied out after Shankar Road bus stop.
The accused then allegedly sat beside her with a plastic glass and offered to become friends. When she objected, the accused touched her in an inappropriate manner, the girl told police.
The girl began to cry and raised an alarm after which the conductor and the bus driver asked the accused to stop. The girl then asked the driver to stop the bus and let her get down.
By 11pm, the bus had reached Mandi House. The driver apparently forgot the way due to Metro work and diversions. At the police picket, the driver stopped the bus and asked the police for directions.
As the bus moved ahead, two constables, Babu Alim and Bishram, spotted the girl and began to trail the bus. The bus was stopped and the cops asked the girl if she had a problem.
Meanwhile, people gathered and began enquiring into the matter.
The accused was apprehended at her instance around 11.45pm and her statement was recorded with the help of an NGO.
The girl's family also registered a case of kidnapping at Khayala police station when the girl did not return home late night. Further investigation about her allegations of sexual exploitation is in progress, cops said.
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