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Delhi Woman Arrested On Auto Driver's Complaint Of Confinement, Sexual Assault

Delhi Woman Arrested On Auto Driver's Complaint Of Confinement, Sexual Assault
TO GO WITH INDIA-SOCIAL-WOMEN-CRIME-RAPE-ANNIVERSARY, FOCUS BY ABHAYA SRIVASTAVAIndian auto-rickshaw drivers wait in a yard to have their vehicles marked with a sign confirming they have taken part in a gender sensitisation training programme at a city transport department centre on the outskirts of New Delhi on December 12, 2014. The class of middle-aged, male rickshaw drivers obediently raised their hands and loudly pledged to 'respect and protect women' while plying the streets of New Delhi, dubbed India's rape capital. 'Do you know even whistling at a woman or staring at her is a crime?' trainer Namrata Sharan asked the nearly 150 drivers attending the city transport department's compulsory 'gender sensitisation' class in December 2014. AFP PHOTO / REBECCA CONWAY (Photo credit should read Rebecca Conway/AFP/Getty Images)
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TO GO WITH INDIA-SOCIAL-WOMEN-CRIME-RAPE-ANNIVERSARY, FOCUS BY ABHAYA SRIVASTAVAIndian auto-rickshaw drivers wait in a yard to have their vehicles marked with a sign confirming they have taken part in a gender sensitisation training programme at a city transport department centre on the outskirts of New Delhi on December 12, 2014. The class of middle-aged, male rickshaw drivers obediently raised their hands and loudly pledged to 'respect and protect women' while plying the streets of New Delhi, dubbed India's rape capital. 'Do you know even whistling at a woman or staring at her is a crime?' trainer Namrata Sharan asked the nearly 150 drivers attending the city transport department's compulsory 'gender sensitisation' class in December 2014. AFP PHOTO / REBECCA CONWAY (Photo credit should read Rebecca Conway/AFP/Getty Images)

NEW DELHI -- Delhi Police has arrested a 32-year-old woman for allegedly kidnapping an auto driver and extorting money from him. The 42-year-old auto driver has also alleged that she sexually assaulted him, though the police case against her does not include that charge.

According to the auto driver's complaint, the woman flagged his auto down around midnight on Tuesday at Neb Sarai in south Delhi. The auto driver agreed to take her to Arjun Nagar, and she asked him to take a detour to stop at a convenience store on the way.

"She asked to borrow Rs 300 for him, which he at first refused," the auto driver's brother told HuffPost India over the phone. "She pleaded with him, promising to pay him back when they reached their destination. So he agreed."

After reaching her house at Arjun Nagar, the woman reportedly asked the auto driver to come upstairs with her to her first floor home. Once they walked into her house, she allegedly locked the front door and tried to convince him to drink alcohol with her. When he protested, she proceeded to consume the liquor and then locked him in her house and left, he has alleged.

She later returned with another woman, identified by the police to be of Tanzanian origin, and they allegedly took away his money and auto driver's license. "The Indian woman then tried to force herself on him and tore his shirt and undershirt while the foreigner lady began filming the episode," his brother said. "Panicking and fearing for his life, he ran towards the balcony and jumped out, fracturing both legs."

While a case of kidnapping, wrongful restraint, and extortion has been lodged against the two women in the local police station, the Indian woman has been arrested and sent to judicial custody at Tihar Jail. Police also found four other licenses belonging to different auto drivers and suspect this could be a bigger racket. The accused Tanzanian woman was on the run, Inspector Vishuddhanand Jha at the Safdarjung Enclave police station told IANS.

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