Hyderabad, Aug 31: A 24-year-old air hostess was allegedly molested, robbed and later abandoned at an isolated spot on the outskirts of Hyderabad early Tuesday morning.
The driver, identified as Imran, has been booked for attempt to rape and robbery. He had not been arrested till the time of going to press. The police have formed six special teams to hunt down Imran.
The incident occurred around 2 am, when the woman stepped out of her apartment to purchase some medicines. When she discovered that her local pharmacy had closed, she approached the cabbie. who had parked the taxi nearby, for help.
In her complaint, filed at the Rajendranagar police station, the woman said the cabbie promised to take her to a medical store but instead drove the cab to an isolated spot near the Outer Ring Road (ORR).
Once there, he allegedly tried to sexually assault her.
"When the survivor, seated in the front, tried to escape, he caught hold of her, pushed her down and molested her. But she managed to resist him. The driver then snatched her cell phone and hit her. He left her at an isolated spot and fled," deputy commissioner of police, Shamshabad, Sunpreet Singh said.
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