On 16 December, the fourth year anniversary of the Nirbhaya rape case which shook the national capital, another 20 yr old was allegedly raped in Delhi by a taxi driver. The woman had come to Delhi looking for a job.

Sources said that the woman was waiting for a taxi near AIIMS when a cab driver offered her lift to Noida on Thursday.

Midway, the driver stopped the car at a secluded place near Moti Bagh in South Delhi and allegedly raped her. However, the girl managed to raise an alarm after she saw a police patrol.

Sensing trouble, the driver fled from the spot, leaving his car behind. The girl was rescued and taken to the nearest police station where where she filed a complaint.

Girl allegedly raped in a car in Delhi's Moti Bagh, accused has been arrested by the police

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Later in the night, the driver was arrested and remanded in police custody. Preliminary inquiry revealed that the car was bearing a sticker of the Ministry of Home Affairs but the driver was not a ministry employee.

Further investigation is on.