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Polish mother travelling with daughter, two, is raped by Indian taxi driver who used a spray to drug her inside his cab
- Woman, 33, and daughter were travelling in a taxi from Mathura to New Delhi
- The driver drugged the woman at some point during the journey
- Woke up on bench outside a railway station in New Delhi with toddler
By JILL REILLY PUBLISHED: 09:49 GMT, 6 January 2014 | UPDATED: 11:56 GMT, 6 January 2014
A Polish woman was drugged and raped as she travelled to the Indian capital with her two-year-old daughter, the latest in a string of sexual attacks on women in the country. The woman, 33, and her daughter were travelling in a taxi from the city of Mathura where they live to New Delhi last Thursday when she was allegedly raped by the driver. The driver drugged the woman at some point during the 150-kilometre journey and she was attacked after she passed out said Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat.
Attack: A Polish woman was drugged and raped as she travelled to the Indian capital with her two-year-old daughter, the latest in a string of sexual attacks on women in the country (file photo)
The woman woke up on a bench outside a railway station in New Delhi with her toddler crying by her side, the officer said, adding that details of the attack were still unknown.
'It is still a bit unclear, but prima facie, it seems she sat (in the taxi) voluntarily. But yes, thereafter, in the car he drugged her using some spray... medical report has confirmed rape,' he said.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, reported the incident to police who are searching for the driver, Bhagat said.
The woman had been living in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh state for the past three years and worked in the cloth export business, he said.
The January 2 incident comes barely a week after India marked the first anniversary of the death of a student who was gang-raped on a New Delhi bus in an attack that sent shock waves across the nation
Young Indian girls hold candles during a candle light vigil to mark the first anniversary of a young woman's demise after the fatal gang rape, in New Delhi
She and her daughter had been waiting on a busy road in Mathura for a taxi to take them to the capital when the driver approached.
The January 2 incident comes barely a week after India marked the first anniversary of the death of a student who was gang-raped on a New Delhi bus in an attack that sent shockwaves across the nation.
The gang-rape triggered massive protests over the levels of violence against women, but in the last 12 months there have been several more cases of local and foreign woman being attacked.A judge last month sentenced three Nepalese men to 20 years in jail for the gang-rape of a US tourist in June in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh.
Six men were sentenced to life in prison in July last year for the gang-rape and robbery of a 39-year-old Swiss woman cyclist who had been holidaying in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.
A Polish woman was drugged and raped as she travelled to the Indian capital with her two-year-old daughter, the latest in a string of sexual attacks on women in the country. The woman, 33, and her daughter were travelling in a taxi from the city of Mathura where they live to New Delhi last Thursday when she was allegedly raped by the driver. The driver drugged the woman at some point during the 150-kilometre journey and she was attacked after she passed out said Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat.
Attack: A Polish woman was drugged and raped as she travelled to the Indian capital with her two-year-old daughter, the latest in a string of sexual attacks on women in the country (file photo)
The woman woke up on a bench outside a railway station in New Delhi with her toddler crying by her side, the officer said, adding that details of the attack were still unknown.
'It is still a bit unclear, but prima facie, it seems she sat (in the taxi) voluntarily. But yes, thereafter, in the car he drugged her using some spray... medical report has confirmed rape,' he said.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, reported the incident to police who are searching for the driver, Bhagat said.
The woman had been living in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh state for the past three years and worked in the cloth export business, he said.
The January 2 incident comes barely a week after India marked the first anniversary of the death of a student who was gang-raped on a New Delhi bus in an attack that sent shock waves across the nation
Young Indian girls hold candles during a candle light vigil to mark the first anniversary of a young woman's demise after the fatal gang rape, in New Delhi
She and her daughter had been waiting on a busy road in Mathura for a taxi to take them to the capital when the driver approached.
The January 2 incident comes barely a week after India marked the first anniversary of the death of a student who was gang-raped on a New Delhi bus in an attack that sent shockwaves across the nation.
The gang-rape triggered massive protests over the levels of violence against women, but in the last 12 months there have been several more cases of local and foreign woman being attacked.A judge last month sentenced three Nepalese men to 20 years in jail for the gang-rape of a US tourist in June in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh.
Six men were sentenced to life in prison in July last year for the gang-rape and robbery of a 39-year-old Swiss woman cyclist who had been holidaying in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.
