NIRBHAYA REPLAY? Girl thrown off B'lore bus after sexual assault

Bangalore: A Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) driver allegedly pushed a 23-year-old student from Haryana out of a moving bus after sexually assaulting and verbally abusing her.      The incident occurred on Friday and the driver has been arrested. The driver, who was on probation, was allegedly drunk and was involved in a similar offence in 2012.      According to the suo motu complaint registered by the police, A V Siddartha threw the student out of the moving bus before fleeing the spot.      The girl is in the ICU for head injuries she suffered due to the fall. Siddartha has been remanded in judicial custody and sacked by BMTC on Monday. HS Revanna, DCP (Bangalore South), said the girl had landed at the Bangalore City Railway Station around midnight from Mumbai. She then took the bus from Kempegowda bus station to her relative’s house in South Bangalore.      Although BMTC’s rules state that there should be a conductor in every bus, Siddartha was allowed to leave the station without a conductor at 12.30am.      All the passengers except for the student got down at the last stop. The survivor who did not know Kannada told Siddartha that officials at the bus terminal had told her that she would be dropped near Deve Gowda petrol pump. He refused and turned the bus around. The student told police that whenever she asked him to stop, he abused her and tried to touch her inappropriately.      Around 1.30am the student was allegedly thrown out of the bus by Siddartha and he sped away. The girl was taken to the hospital by a passer-by.  ATM guard rapes minor, forces abortion  Dehradun:A 25-year-old security guard at a bank’s ATM has been arrested on charges of raping a Class XII student and then forcing her to undergo an abortion, police said.      The 16-year-old girl had met the accused, Pintu alias Karan, about a year ago through her uncle. After initial exchanges, Pintu forcibly got into a physical relationship with her. When the minor got pregnant, he allegedly forced her to abort the foetus. TNN