Dehradun ISBT horror: Five roadways staffers gang-rape 16-year-old in bus, all confess to crime

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Five men, including three employees of Uttarakhand Transport Corporation, were arrested on Sunday for allegedly gang-raping a 16-year-old girl inside a bus parked at Dehradun’s Inter State Bus Terminus (ISBT). The crime that happened at night last Monday came to light only after the girl, a resident of Moradabad in UP, reported the incident to child helpline officials during a counselling session.

The three state government employees arrested are Dharmendra Kumar, 32, a bus driver; Devendra Kumar, 52, a conductor; and Rajesh Kumar Sonkar, 38, a ticket counter cashier. Ravi Kumar, 34, and Rajpal Singh, 57, who were on contract as drivers, are also accused in the case.

According to a report in The Times of India, the girl had run away from home and arrived at Delhi’s Kashmere Gate ISBT. There she the bus driver and conductor. They offered her a ride to Dehradun and paid for her ticket. Upon reaching Dehradun, they parked the bus in a secluded area of the ISBT, where they, along with the other three men, assaulted her.

The driver had planned to put her on a bus to Patiala from the Dehradun ISBT but an alert security guard got suspicious and dialled emergency helpline and the girl was saved.

The police have seized the bus involved in the crime and have sent it for forensic examination.

Dehradun SSP Ajai Singh was quoted in the report as saying, “All of them confessed to the crime during the interrogation."