Bengaluru student hitchhikes with biker on way back from party and is raped; investigation underway | Bengaluru

In the early hours of Sunday, a woman reported that she was sexually harassed by a motorcyclist from whom she had accepted a lift, a senior police official said. The incident occurred when the woman, a final year student, was travelling home to Hebbagodi from a social event in Koramangala, news agency PTI reported.

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Deputy Commissioner of Police (Eastern Zone) Raman Gupta confirmed that the woman was riding with a man who is now the prime suspect in the attack. “A man with whom she was riding criminally assaulted and raped her,” Gupta told the agency. A case of rape has been registered and the police have launched a thorough investigation into the matter, he added.

Gupta noted that initial findings indicate there is only one suspect – the man who organized the trip. Police have already visited the crime scene and questioned both the victim and her family, the report said.

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“There is only one suspect. The man who took her away is suspected to be the rapist and our investigation is on. We have collected all the information and formed five teams. We are continuing the investigation and soon we will arrest the culprit,” he added.

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Further investigation is underway and more details are expected soon. This comes amid the tragic death of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College Hospital in Kolkata, who was brutally raped and murdered. The incident has sparked widespread shock and outrage across the country.

(With inputs from PTI)