Bangalore autodriver tries to rape Australian woman

An autorickshaw driver in Bangalore made a vain bid to rape a 21-year-old Australian lady after misleading her and taking her to an isolated farm on the outskirts of the City.

Though the Australian lady thwarted the unidentified autorickshaw driver’s attempts to outrage her modesty, she lost her handbag containing a camera and cash of Rs 3,000 in the process.

Police said the 21-year-old Australian lady, an evangelist, boarded an autorickshaw from a Church in Bangalore after participating in a preaching session. She asked the autorickshaw driver to take her to the main bus stand in Majestic area of the City as she planned to take a bus to Chennai.

But, the autorickshaw driver, instead, took her to a farm near Chikkajala on the outskirts of Bangalore and tried to rape her at knife-point. The lady, however, thwarted the drivers’ attempts and escaped from his clutches.

She reached the nearest police station and lodged a complaint. She was immediately subjected to a medical examination in a nearby hospital.

The police are hunting for the autorickshaw driver. The failure of the Australian woman to note down the registration number of the autorickshaw has made the task of Bangalore police all the more difficult.