MEERUT: A 16-year-old Dalit woman, kidnapped and raped in a transferring automobile in UP’s Moradabad Tuesday night time, recognized the accused, Mohd Rashid, 30, by means of an ID card he had left on the automobile’s dashboard, police stated on Saturday. The accused was arrested on Friday night after the survivor narrated the incident to her household, who filed a criticism on the native police station.Moradabad (rural) SP Kunwar Akash Singh informed TOI, “Rashid is a taxi driver and the car used in the crime was borrowed and is in police custody. The survivor spotted an identification card in the vehicle, which bore Rashid’s name & address. She shared this detail with her family, leading to his arrest.”Within the criticism, the woman’s father, a labourer, stated that the incident occurred whereas he was at work and his spouse was harvesting sugarcane within the fields. {The teenager} had stepped out to eliminate rubbish when an SUV stopped close to her, and Rashid allegedly dragged her inside and assaulted her. The survivor informed the police that the accused additionally made a video in the course of the assault earlier than abandoning her close to a crematorium outdoors her village two hours later.An FIR has been registered beneath BNS part 64 (rape), 137-2 (kidnapping), and 352 (intentional insult to show breach of peace), together with related provisions of the SC/ST Act and the Pocso Act.SP Singh stated, “Once the girl informed her family about the incident, they acted immediately and approached us. We are also investigating whether others were involved. The car has been seized and Rashid’s mobile phone is being examined for more evidence.”
