A man was seen in a video punching a woman and forcibly forcing her seat in a car on a busy route near Mangolpuri flyover in Delhi on Saturday. Both the car and its driver have been located.
The car is from Ratan Vihar in Gurugram, according to the police, who claimed to have deployed a team of personnel there.
#SOS | Just Now at Mangolpuri Flyover towards Peeragarhi Chowk.@DelhiPolice @LtGovDelhi @dcpouter @DCWDelhi @dtptraffic pic.twitter.com/ukmVc7Tu1v
— Office of Vishnu Joshi (@thevishnujoshi) March 18, 2023
A video of the event, which depicts the man seizing the woman by the collar and aggressively pushing her into the taxi with the yellow licence plate, is making the rounds on social media.
After pushing the woman inside the car, the man beats her and then sits on the front seat while another man enters the vehicle and takes the seat next to the woman.
Providing an update on the situation on Sunday, police stated that two males and a girl had used Uber to order a car to take them from Rohini to Vikaspuri, and that an altercation occurred between them enroute.
#UPDATE | The vehicle & driver have been traced. Two boys & a girl had booked a vehicle from Rohini to Vikaspuri through Uber. On the way, there was an argument & scuffle b/w them. After the argument, the girl wanted to leave. It is seen in the video that the boy forcibly pushes… https://t.co/PqL03w73Ba pic.twitter.com/vllOxqRVs2
— ANI (@ANI) March 19, 2023
The girl wanted to leave after the argument, according to the police.
“The boy pushes the girl inside the car against her will, as seen in the video. Investigation is still ongoing, according to Delhi Police.
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