India, Sept. 25 -- On the night of August 4, amid heavy rain and darkness, a 16-year-old student mistakenly got off a bus at Pari Chowk in

Greater Noida. She had travelled from Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, to Noida to meet her cousin. Lost on the way, alone and drenched in the rain, the girl stopped an empty sleeper bus passing nearby. The driver, Kuldeep, and conductor, Sandeep, told her that they were heading towards Noida Sector 63 and allowed her to board the bus.

According to the police, the situation changed as soon as the bus started moving. The girl alleged that the conductor initially made inappropriate advances, after which both accused allegedly gang-raped her and threatened to kill her when she resisted. The bus travelled around...