Police
arrested Abul Sheikh, the truck driver, and registered a suo motu case
under the charges of abduction and attempt to rape. The woman was sent to a
state-run hospital for medical examination.
KOLKATA: Following a tip from a civic
volunteer, cops in East Burdwan district chased a truck for 15 km and
rescued a deaf and mute woman with her hands and legs tied from the driver’s
cabin on Tuesday.
Preliminary investigations by the
police revealed that the driver abducted the woman in her mid-30s with
the intention of raping her.
While patrolling at Guskara in East
Burdwan district on a motorcycle, Bikash Gorai, the civic volunteer, heard the
groans of a woman coming from the cabin and asked the driver to come out.
"The suspect suddenly started driving. After chasing the truck for a few
metres, Gorai realised his two-wheeler would not be able to match the speed of
the truck and called the local police station, giving them the
registration number of the vehicle,’’ said a police officer.
Policemen patrolling the area in an SUV
spotted the truck and started chasing him. "The truck was plying along a
state highway and we found it difficult to overtake it because of the driver’s
recklessness. He was zigzagging along the thoroughfare and whenever we
attempted to overtake, the driver tried to ram into our
vehicle," said an officer who was in the team.
The chase ended when both the vehicles
reached an intersection. Police took advantage of the additional width of the
place, overtook the truck and waylaid it. "We searched the cabin and found
the woman lying on the floor behind the driver’s seat with her hands and legs
tied," said Bhashkar Mukherjee, superintendent of police, East
Burdwan.
Police arrested Abul Sheikh, the truck
driver, and registered a suo motu case under the charges of abduction and
attempt to rape. The woman was sent to a state-run hospital for medical
examination.
Investigations by the police revealed
that the woman was seen loitering in the area where Gorai spotted the
truck. "She is not a local resident. It appears that Sheikh spotted
her when no one was around and forced her into the cabin,’’ said a police
officer.
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