Delhi to monitor interstate buses with GPS after Noida teen's gang-rape case

After the gang rape of a teenager on a moving bus in Noida, Delhi plans real-time GPS monitoring of incoming buses. The move aims to speed up emergency response and tighten accountability across interstate routes.

In Short

• Chief Minister Rekha Gupta expressed sorrow and flagged staff accountability concerns
• Police arrested the driver and conductor accused of assaulting the student
• The 16-year-old from Mainpuri was abandoned near Kashmere Gate afterwards

Days after a teenage girl was gang-raped on a moving bus in Noida, the Delhi government on Monday said it plans to use GPS to monitor buses entering the national capital from neighbouring states in real time and enable quick action during emergencies. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said the government plans to link the GPS systems of such buses with the relevant Delhi government department.

Expressing deep sorrow over the incident, Gupta said the role of the bus driver and conductor was a matter of concern. She said, "The Delhi government will hold discussions with neighbouring states to further strengthen the safety of women and children travelling by bus to and from the national capital."

Police said the victim, a 16-year-old Class 11 student from Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh, was allegedly gang-raped by the conductor and driver of a sleeper bus and later abandoned near Kashmere Gate. The two accused have been arrested, police said.

The crime took place on the night of August 4 and revived memories of the 2012 gang-rape and murder in Delhi known as the Nirbhaya case. Police said the girl had left home after being scolded by her mother and boarded a bus for Noida Sector 63, where her cousin lives.

According to police, she got off by mistake at Pari Chowk in Greater Noida in heavy rain at around 9 pm. She later boarded the bus after its conductor allegedly told her that it was going to Sector 63.

Investigators and the travel company operating the bus said the vehicle had developed a technical fault and was taken to a workshop in Surajpur, Greater Noida, for repairs. The Delhi government has said it will now work on linking GPS systems of buses from neighbouring states to improve monitoring and emergency response.

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