Woman gang-raped in shared cab on Yamuna Expressway in Agra, three held

NOIDA/AGRA: Three passengers in the shared taxi that a woman had taken from Noida are accused of gang-raping her on the Yamuna Expressway in Agra, according to police.
A senior officer stated that after dropping the woman off, the suspect ran away from the scene along the expressway beneath the Etmadpur police station area. The incident happened on Tuesday night, the source added.
The three accused have been apprehended, said the Agra police, which launched a probe into the matter on Wednesday morning after the woman approached Etmadpur police station to report the case.
"The woman had boarded the shared taxi from Sector 37 in Noida around 8.30 pm on Tuesday. The taxi was going to Firozabad from Noida. The woman claimed that three occupants of the taxi raped her on the Yamuna Expressway and dropped her at Etmadpur, from where she took an autorickshaw to Firozabad," Agra Police Commissioner Dr Preetinder Singh said.
"On Wednesday morning, the woman came to Etmadpur police station and filed a complaint after which an FIR was lodged before sending her for a medical examination," Singh said.
The police commissioner said CCTV footage of toll plazas was analysed to track the taxi, a Maruti Eeco, which was used as the cab and it has been impounded.
"The three men who were involved in the case have also been apprehended. They are being interrogated and further legal proceedings are being carried out," Singh added.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
(With inputs from PTI)