The incident triggered a protest by local residents at a police outpost on Thursday with people demanding stringent action against the arrested suspects.
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Updated Apr 11, 2021 | 11:51 IST
An IT firm employee was allegedly sedated and sexually assaulted by a cab driver in Maharashtra s Pune. Woman raped by cab driver in Pune [Representative image] | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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The incident happened last month but came to light on Thursday when the survivor approached the police with her complaint against the accused.
On the way, the cab driver gave water laced with sedatives, she alleged.
The cab driver allegedly threatened to upload the survivour s obscene pictures on social media.
Pune: In yet another shocking incident of sexual assault, a married woman, who works for an IT company, was allegedly sedated and raped by a cab driver whose vehicle she had hired to go home. What is even more shocking is that the accused took obscene pictures of the woman to blackmail her into having a sexual relationship with him.