Air hostess molested in cab by co-passenger on her way to airport, driver held

An air-hostess was molested in a moving taxi on the way to Kolkata Airport on Wednesday evening. Police arrested the taxi driver on Thursday morning while another accused is still at large.

Police said the air-hostess had boarded the shuttle taxi from Kaikhali on VIP Road.

There was another passenger sitting in the rear seat of the taxi when the air-hostess boarded the vehicle.

As the ride wore on, the co-passenger initially started passing lewd comments at her and subsequently molested her.

Instead of protesting against the incident, the taxi driver allegedly extended support to the prime accused. He even did not even stop the vehicle.

She told the police that she had repeatedly asked the driver, Uday Kumar, to stop the car but he did not pay heed to her complains and continued driving the taxi.

The prime accused had boarded the taxi from near Baguiati Joramandir and he got down somewhere at VIP Road when the driver slowed down the vehicle.

The air-hostess found no other way apart from going to the airport in the same taxi. The driver somehow managed to flee soon after dropping her at the airport.

The air-hostess went to the security personnel present at the airport and narrated the entire incident to them but before they managed to get hold of the vehicle, he fled the spot.

The victim later went to the NSCBI police station and lodged a complaint with the police.

The security personnel noted down the registration number of the taxi and gave it to the police.

The police arrested the taxi driver and is interrogating him to find out the prime accused in this case.