Haldwani, March 7 -- The Nainital Police on Saturday arrested a 39-year-old taxi driver for allegedly attempting to rape, assault and rob a 22-year-old woman tourist from Delhi near Haldwani in Uttarakhand's Nainital district.

The suspect was identified as Deepak Singh Bora, a resident of Fatehpur Mukhani in Haldwani. Police said the stolen mobile phone was recovered from Bora and the taxi used in the crime was seized.

Senior Superintendent of Police Manjunath TC said the woman had arrived in Haldwani by bus from Delhi via Dehradun on March 5. From Haldwani, she travelled to Kathgodam by auto and hired a taxi for Nainital at around 11 pm.

According to police, at around 1.30 am near Valdiyakhan on the Nainital road, the driver allegedly...