4.24 PM Friday, 29 March 2024
  • City Fajr Shuruq Duhr Asr Magrib Isha
  • Dubai 04:56 06:10 12:26 15:53 18:37 19:52
29 March 2024

Dubai cops in court for kidnap and rape of taxi passenger

Picture for illustrative purpose only.

Published
By Eman Al Baik

Two policemen allegedly stopped a taxi, kidnapped the woman passenger and raped her, the Dubai Criminal Court heard.

MAM, 29, policeman, and MFM, 26, sergeant, are accused of asking DBS, a taxi passenger to come out of the car and forcibly taking her to a remote area where they raped her.

The two policemen demanded that the taxi driver and passenger show their ID cards, a task that they were not assigned to. They are also accused of stealing two mobile phones and Dh750 in cash from the taxi driver SNB after assaulting him and threatening him with a weapon to force him to not to inform the police. ARG, 25, policeman, is accused of possessing stolen items.

Chief Prosecutor Yousuf Mohammed Fulath, asked the court to implement stiffest penalty on the accused.

SNB, 27, Indian, driver of Dubai Taxi,  testified that on January 10, at around 11.30pm DBS called and asked for a lift from Al Arabi Centre in Al Muzher area to Mirdif City Centre. “I went there and the passenger entered the car. After driving about 500 meters, a Camry passed by and the passenger next to the driver showed a military ID card and asked me to stop. I stopped and a thin man got down and asked me where I was going. After I told him, he asked the passenger for her ID. She told him that she is not carrying it and that it is at her home. He opened the door of the taxi and pulled her out of the car and pushed her into his car. I intervened and told him that I know the passenger and that she is a legal resident and asked him where he is taking her. He slapped me and told me that the taxi is for passengers and not offering lifts to friends.  He pushed me into his car next to DBS. The driver drove the Camry into a side street in Al Muhaisna area where I know there is no police station. As I made this comment, he stopped and asked me to walk back to my car. The other man was following us in his car. I asked them where they are taking the passenger. They told me they will release her after a while. As I was walking to my car I realised that my mobile phone and cash in my purse were missing. I ran after them and the driver got down holding a steel bar in his hand and ran after me. I ran to my car and drove to a police station,” he testified.

Second Lieutenant FMM, 24, testified that the taxi driver SNB came to Al Ghusais police station and notified about a theft and kidnap and assault of DBS.

Police suspected the three policemen because of their modus operandi. When questioned, they confessed to the theft and assault of the taxi driver and raping the woman taxi passenger.

The woman testified that she was raped by two of the three accused in their car after which they dropped her home.

The court adjourned the case to June 17.

MUST READ:

Maid brought on visit visa forced into prostitution by compatriot

 

Woman killed infant, ate part of brain

  

Bizarre: Indian expat kills 'westernised' wife

  

Brothers rape sisters in revenge attack