Overview
- A 23–24-year-old woman was forced into a Mahindra Scorpio near Gurugram’s Leopard Trail around 3 a.m. after her phone was snatched, and her colleague called 112 and gave vehicle details.
- Police used the phone’s location to track the SUV, finding it stuck in mud near Pandala/Sakatpur, where the woman was recovered and the accused was detained.
- The suspect, identified in reports as Gaurav Rathi or Gaurav Bhati, 25, a local driver and food vendor, was medically found to be intoxicated at the time.
- An FIR under BNS provisions for kidnapping, snatching and criminal intimidation was registered, with additional counts added for attempting to flee during a crime-scene recreation; he is now in judicial custody.
- The victim declined a medical examination as forensic teams collected evidence, and police are analyzing location data while awaiting her magisterial statement to determine any sexual-assault charges.