Kolkata: Two drivers of Ola, a popular app-based online cab service, were arrested for their alleged involvement in raping and killing a 12-year-old pavement dweller in the city.
Shankar Shaw and Guddu Singh allegedly kidnapped the girl on Tuesday night by forcing her into an Ola taxi and drove her to the Park Circus flyover. The duo took turns to rape the minor inside the vehicle, said a senior officer of Kolkata Police.
After gang-raping the minor all through the night, the duo killed her by strangulating her at around 5 AM on Wednesday.The body was tossed into a canal below the flyover in Topsia area, said the officer.
"A team from Hare Street Police station arrested both and they have confessed their crime," he said.
Reacting to the arrest, Ola extended support to the authorities saying they will share any information that will help support the investigation."We are saddened by the reports of the alleged misconduct of a driver in Kolkata. On preliminary identification of the cab details shared by authorities, we have suspended the account associated with this cab with immediate effect." said the Ola statement.
The drivers had consumed alcohol at Watgunge and then started going around the city looking for soft targets to "have some fun" and it was then they spotted the girl on the pavement on Brabourne Road, the officer added.
The girl was living on the foothpaths of Brabourne Road with her mother who washes utensils in a local shop.
The nude body of the minor girl was recovered from the canal and has been sent for post-mortem, the officer added.
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