Inquiries have revealed that the conductor talked to the girl for 5-7 minutes after she sought a lift at Pari Chowk in Noida on Aug 4.
NEW DELHI: DNA evidence will be key against the two accused in the gang rape of a 17-year-old in a moving sleeper bus on Aug 4, police said. After he learnt she had left home following a fight and was headed to her cousin’s in Noida’s Sector 63, Sandeep told her the bus was headed that way. Soon after she boarded the bus, Sandeep raped her at Bakhtawarpur Village (Noida Sec 127-128), police said. Police found at least 11 traffic challans amounting to Rs 54,000 pending against the bus at the time of the incident.
Fingerprints of the survivor and the accused — driver Kuldeep and conductor Sandeep — have confirmed their presence in the bus; samples have also been picked up from the seats and steering wheel, sleuths said. The girl reported the crime to Kashmere Gate police.
CCTV on bus not functional at time of incident, say cops Police said thick curtains were installed on the bus windows, blocking off any view from outside. Then, the conductor took the wheel and the driver forced himself on the girl. Following the incident, Delhi Traffic Police is checking buses at the interstate bus terminals, verifying drivers’ IDs and other documents. Kuldeep and Sandeep had been working with the bus company for the past two years.