Archive · 1 Sep 2026
Minor alleges assault after boarding sleeper bus near Pari Chowk
A teenager was travelling to visit a relative in Noida.
During heavy rain, she got off at the wrong stop near Pari Chowk.
She boarded an empty bus after its crew said they could take her toward Sector 63.
The bus instead went toward Delhi.
She later told police that the driver and conductor assaulted her and threatened her.
They allegedly left her near Kashmere Gate.
Police arranged medical care and registered a case.
CCTV helped police find and arrest the two men.
Investigators are still examining the bus and other evidence.
The case also raised questions about safety and monitoring on sleeper buses.
A minor travelling from Mainpuri boarded an empty sleeper bus near Pari Chowk during heavy rain.
Police said the bus was headed from a Surajpur workshop to Timarpur, not operating a passenger service.
The teenager alleged the driver and conductor assaulted her and threatened to kill her during the journey.
She was left near Ring Road in Delhi and reported the alleged assault at Kashmere Gate police station.
Police arrested the driver and conductor within hours; the bus was seized for forensic examination.
- Who
- A minor, along with the accused driver Kuldeep and conductor Sandeep.
- What
- The minor alleged that the driver and conductor sexually assaulted her after she boarded their bus.
- When
- The incident allegedly occurred on August 4; wider public scrutiny emerged on August 31.
- Where
- The teenager boarded near Pari Chowk in Greater Noida and was left near Ring Road in the Kashmere Gate area of Delhi.
- Why
- She boarded the bus while seeking transport to a relative’s home in Noida Sector 63 during heavy rain.
Police account and response
Safety and oversight concerns
Handling of the complaint
Police account and response
Police said they acted without allowing jurisdictional questions to delay the response, arranged a medical examination, registered a case and arrested the two accused within hours.
Safety and oversight concerns
The case prompted scrutiny of how a bus could travel between Greater Noida and Delhi without being stopped for checking and how the incident crossed jurisdictional boundaries.
Sleeper-bus design and monitoring
Police account and response
Investigators are reconstructing the bus’s movements and examining forensic evidence from the vehicle.
Safety and oversight concerns
National Human Rights Commission member Priyank Kanoongo raised concerns about sleeper-coach partitions and compliance with Central Institute of Road Transport guidelines; curtains restricted visibility into the bus.
- Starting point
- Pari Chowk, Greater Noida
- Destination sought
- Noida Sector 63
- Reported route
- Approximately 47 kilometres to Kashmere Gate, via the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway and Delhi’s Ring Road corridor
- Accused
- Driver Kuldeep and conductor Sandeep
- Police action
- Both men were arrested within hours of the complaint
- Evidence
- The bus was seized, and biological material and other evidence were collected for forensic analysis
- Oversight
- The National Human Rights Commission issued notices and sought information about the teenager’s rehabilitation and care plan