Kanpur, Aug. 31 -- The family of an arrested bus driver, Kuldeep, has alleged that he is being falsely framed in the horrific gang-rape of a 16-year-old student inside a moving sleeper bus, linking his arrest to ongoing personal enmity following his father's recent murder.

The main accused, driver Kuldeep and conductor Sandeep, were apprehended by the Delhi Police from a bus parking facility in Timarpur in connection with the August 4 incident, which occurred near the Kashmere Gate area.

Speaking to ANI, the driver's family strongly refuted the charges, maintaining that Kuldeep has no prior criminal record during his 10-to-15-year driving career and appealing to the state for intervention.

"My child is completely innocent. He is being ...