SHOCKER: US woman tourist molested by cabby en-route Rishikesh

New Delhi: A woman tourist from USA was molested by a taxi driver in Uttar Pradesh on Delhi-Dehradun highway. The unfortunate incident happened at around 1 in the morning on Tuesday near the Nayi Mandi Kotwali region. The police arrested the driver from Muzzafarnagar in Uttar Pradesh. He was identified as Samay Singh from Saharanpur. The woman hired a taxi from Delhi to visit Rishikesh city located at shore of Ganges. Thereafter, the driver allegedly molested the woman on the way. The police have filed a case under section 354 of Indian Penal Code and sent the driver to jail. The woman was rescued by people from the nearby eating joint after she started screaming. They heard her and ran towards the isolated area help her. They hauled up the driver and called up police to hand him over.