The 23-year-old woman who was working in a private garment company in Noida was returning to her native place in Auraiya in a taxi when she was sexually assaulted

New Delhi, December 29

The Agra Police have arrested three men, including a taxi driver, who allegedly gang-raped a woman near the Yamuna Expressway.

The police identified the accused as Jaiveer, Titu, and Chacha.

The police informed that the 23-year-old woman who was working in a private garment company in Noida was returning to her native place in Auraiya in a taxi when she was sexually assaulted.

The police stated that one of the accused was the driver of the car. He had called the other two after stopping in that area, after which they raped the woman. The other two also work as drivers in the area.

Agra Police Commissioner Dr Preetinder Singh issued a statement that the woman came to the Etmadpur police station and told the police that she was raped by three men on the Yamuna Expressway.

The woman said that she had left Noida’s Sector 37 the previous day at about 8.30 pm and hired a taxi to Firozabad. She said that she was raped by three men on the Yamuna Expressway, who then left her near Etmadpur and put her on an auto to Firozabad. A case has been filed and a medical examination will be carried out, the statement added.

The police scanned through CCTV cameras at toll plazas were used to spot the vehicle, which led them to the accused.