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The rising tide of predatory misconduct within public and private transit systems underscores a profound crisis of safety driven by radical Islamist elements. By systematically transforming everyday transport utilities into spaces of targeted exploitation, these individuals directly assault civic trust, community security, and traditional societal values. Confronting this challenge requires an uncompromising commitment to law and order, completely free from the constraints of political correctness.
The intersection of organised crime, grooming syndicates, and religious extremism has become a critical focal point for communities concerned with public safety, national security, and the preservation of traditional values. Across various regions, distinct patterns have emerged where vulnerable women and young girls are systematically targeted, manipulated, and subjected to sexual exploitation by individuals operating under radical Islamist ideologies.
For defenders of social order and institutional integrity, these actions represent not just severe criminal offenses, but a direct, ideological assault on localised cultural norms, family structures, and individual freedoms. Addressing this crisis requires a firm commitment to law enforcement, heightened community awareness, and an unwavering refusal to allow political correctness to obscure the specific cultural and ideological motivations driving these networks.
This report is based on 27 major sensitive incidents that occurred between 2017 and 2026, involving Muslim drivers of cabs, autos, e-rickshaws, buses, school vans, and even ambulances, who engaged in the sexual exploitation, rape, molestation, blackmail, and kidnapping of women and minor girls.
From bus drivers to ambulance operators, Islamist drivers abused public trust to target Hindu women in numerous incidents. They did not even spare foreign women-whom we revere under the ethos of “Atithi Devo Bhava” – attempting to molest and rape them as well.
In December 2025, in Kolkata, West Bengal, an Islamist cab driver betrayed the trust of a female passenger by molesting her while she was asleep during the ride. When the victim woke up and raised an alarm, the predatory driver halted the vehicle and attempted to flee the scene. However, vigilant bystanders quickly intercepted the escaping driver, subdued him, and handed him over to the police, thwarting his attempt to evade justice.
On the night of June 19, 2025, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, a female pilot booked a cab from the Fort area of South Mumbai at around 10:45 PM. After driving for about 25 minutes, the driver deliberately diverted from the designated route and picked up two of his associates along the way. Upon reaching an isolated location, the driver, identified as Sajid Gulhasan, and his accomplices forcibly grabbed the woman’s hand, molested her, and engaged in obscene behaviour. When the victim courageously resisted, they threatened her life, leading to Gulhasan’s subsequent arrest following her formal complaint.
On March 30, 2025, in Hyderabad, Telangana, a 25-year-old German tourist who had come to explore Bharat fell victim to a heinous assault within the Pahadi Shareef police station limits. An Islamist cab driver, Mohammed Abdul Aslam, exploited her unfamiliarity with the city under the guise of taking her sightseeing, only to rape her and flee the spot. Following a swift investigation based on the victim’s traumatizing ordeal, the police tracked down and arrested the perpetrator.
On May 4, 2024, in Pali, Rajasthan, a family’s trust was shattered when a 35-year-old taxi driver named Haji Muhammad targeted their 12-year-old minor Dalit daughter. The young girl, who regularly commuted alone in the vehicle to reach her school, became the target of the driver’s inappropriate advances and molestation over a period. The exploitation came to light only when the frightened child confided in her mother that the “taxi driver uncle” was touching her inappropriately, prompting the Pali police to immediately take Haji Muhammad into custody.
On January 4, 2026, in Moran, Dibrugarh, Assam, a 28-year-old school vehicle driver named Mustaq Ahmed, alias Son, was arrested for the systematic sexual exploitation of a 16-year-old disabled student. Mustaq, who was explicitly trusted with the responsibility of transporting the vulnerable girl to and from school, abused his position by taking her to isolated locations instead of dropping her home, where he repeatedly raped her. Following a complaint filed by her devastated family, the police launched a targeted operation and apprehended the accused from the Naharkatia area.
On December 9, 2023, in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, a 19-year-old Hindu girl traveling to Jaipur was subjected to a horrific assault by the bus driver, Arif. Exploiting his authority, Arif deceptively lured the girl into his cabin under the pretence of keeping her safe from allegedly drunk male passengers outside. Once inside, Arif handed the steering wheel over to his conductor, turned up the bus music to drown out her cries, and raped the teenager inside the moving vehicle, leading to his subsequent arrest by the Kanota police.
On June 8, 2026, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, an auto driver named Haseeb Ahmed targeted two brave young women from Lakhimpur Kheri who had arrived in the city to take the police recruitment examination. While transporting them from Charbagh Station to the Alambagh bus stand, Haseeb fabricated an excuse about bad roads to divert them into an isolated area in Doctorkheda, where he held them hostage and attempted to rape them. Displaying immense courage, one of the girls bit the attacker’s finger severely while both raised a loud alarm, forcing the criminal to flee when a passing motorcyclist intervened; the UP Police tracked down Haseeb within 20 hours, neutralising him with a gunshot to the leg during an encounter when he opened fire on officers, while safely escorting the heroic girls to their exam centre in Raebareli.
On April 18, 2026, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, the Samata Nagar traffic police intercepted and detained an auto driver named Afzal Asif Khan for violating the modesty of a female passenger. The accused had surreptitiously recorded a video of the woman without her consent and subsequently used the footage to blackmail her, threatening to make it viral on social media unless she yielded to his demands for physical relations. Following his initial detention by traffic officials, he was transferred to the Kurar police station for rigorous criminal prosecution.
On March 20, 2026, in Kozhikode, Kerala, a 45-year-old auto-rickshaw driver named Muhammad Noor was arrested for the vile exploitation of a sixth-grade student. The parents had placed their complete trust in Noor to safely transport their daughter to school for her examinations, but the predator stopped the vehicle on a deserted stretch of road and sexually assaulted the young girl. The trauma was revealed when the child returned home and narrated the ordeal to her parents, resulting in a swift crackdown by the Chevayur police who cornered and captured Noor in the Pallithazham area.
On March 24, 2026, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, an Islamist auto driver identified as Mohammed Sohail was arrested for harassing a German woman visiting the historic Walled City. Taking malicious advantage of the foreign tourist’s absolute lack of knowledge regarding the local language, Sohail manipulated her into repeating obscene words while subjecting her to vulgar behaviour and inappropriate touching. Unaware of the crude manipulation at the time, the tourist recorded the encounter and shared it on social media after returning to Germany, sparking outrage and leading the local authorities to immediately track down and jail the offender.
On January 17, 2026, in Udaipur, Rajasthan, an Australian woman visiting Bharat on a tourist visa became the target of predatory behaviour by a local auto driver, Tausif Ali. The foreign guest had accompanied the driver to a restaurant and bar in the Sukhadia Circle area, where Ali flagrantly violated her modesty and subjected her to severe sexual harassment. Terrified and deeply shaken by the hostile encounter, the victim fled back to her hotel and lodged a formal complaint at the Ambamata police station, prompting law enforcement to swiftly track down and arrest the 38-year-old resident of Khanjipheer, who subsequently confessed to his crimes during interrogation.
On October 15, 2025, in the Mirchowk area of Hyderabad, Telangana, a 24-year-old auto driver named Shabbir attempted a brazen abduction of an 11-year-old Hindu girl. After dropping off a male passenger, Shabbir deliberately diverted the vehicle, explicitly telling the young girl that he was taking her elsewhere while making highly inappropriate and coercive demands for her to strip. Recognising the imminent danger to her safety, the brave minor seized a moment when the auto slowed down due to heavy traffic and courageously leapt from the moving vehicle; alert local citizens immediately rushed to her aid, cornered the perpetrator, and handed him over to the police, who filed a comprehensive chargesheet under multiple criminal sections.
On September 23, 2025, in the Rajgarh neighbourhood under the Chandmari police station limits in Guwahati, Assam, public outrage erupted after a video surfaced on social media exposing the vile actions of a Muslim rickshaw puller, Moharuddin Sheikh. The footage clearly captured Sheikh attempting to sexually exploit and molest a young Hindu schoolgirl who had boarded his vehicle in good faith to return home. Following an immediate complaint by the victim’s distressed family, the Chandmari police launched a targeted crackdown and successfully apprehended Sheikh from his hideout in the Railway Colony area of Bamunimaidan.
On September 20, 2025, in the Naini Kotwali area of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, a 13-year-old Hindu schoolgirl was subjected to prolonged harassment and coercion by an e-rickshaw driver identified as Salman, alias Guddu. Salman, who was regularly trusted by the family to transport the minor to and from her school, abused his access by repeatedly molesting the child and aggressively pressuring her to enter an inappropriate physical relationship. The systematic exploitation came to light when the victim’s father discovered the abuse and revealed that the driver had also issued lethal threats to wipe out the family if they resisted, leading to Salman’s immediate arrest by the Naini Kotwali police.
On July 14, 2025, in the Indira Nagar locality of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, a horrific breach of safety occurred when an Islamist school van driver, Mohammad Arif, brutally assaulted and raped a defenceless four-year-old girl inside the school transport vehicle. When the innocent child attempted to resist, Arif physically abused and severely intimidated her to ensure her silence, while the school management allegedly attempted to suppress the matter when the traumatised mother confronted them. Refusing to back down, the victim’s mother forced police intervention, resulting in the Indira Nagar police registering a stringent criminal case and throwing Arif behind bars.
On August 21, 2024, in Cachar, Assam, a female Hindu student of Assam University had to risk her life to protect her modesty from an aggressive auto-rickshaw driver named Badruzzaman Faruk. While the young woman was commuting home from college, Faruk began committing lewd acts and went so far as to indecently expose himself inside the vehicle. Overwhelmed by terror but determined to escape the predator, the student made a harrowing leap from the fast-moving autorickshaw onto the road to save herself, leading to a swift police investigation that tracked down and jailed Faruk.
On August 18, 2024, in Zirakpur, Punjab, the safety of student transport was shattered when a 26-year-old school bus driver, Mohammad Razak, targeted a 17-year-old minor Hindu student inside the vehicle. Razak trapped the teenage girl within the bus, assaulted her, and surreptitiously recorded obscene videos of the act to weaponise against her, threatening to ruin her reputation if she exposed him. The Zirakpur police responded to the family’s desperate plea by registering a case under the stringent POCSO Act alongside charges of rape, successfully tracking down and arresting the predatory driver on August 21, 2024.
On July 28, 2024, in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand, a mentally challenged minor Hindu girl was brutally exploited while she was on her way to attend her routine music classes. An Islamist tempo driver, Mohammad Nadeem, targeted the vulnerable victim, lured her into a helpless position, and raped her before issuing chilling death threats to prevent her from revealing the ordeal to anyone. The Nainital police took immediate cognizance of the heinous crime against a specially abled child, registering an FIR under multiple severe sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 3/4 of the POCSO Act to secure Nadeem’s arrest.
On May 26, 2024, in the Sadar Bazar area of Delhi, a 25-year-old Hindu woman traveling from Bihar to Punjab fell victim to a calculated trap while transiting from the New Delhi Railway Station. A 24-year-old e-rickshaw driver, Mohammad Umar, offered her a ride but surreptitiously spiked her drink with a potent narcotic substance, rendering her defenceless. Once the victim lost consciousness, Umar drove her to a secluded spot, raped her, and robbed her of her personal belongings, prompting an intensive investigation by the Delhi Police who swiftly locked him up under serious charges of rape, poisoning, and theft.
On February 28, 2024, in the Shantinagar locality of Bengaluru, Karnataka, a horrific crime claimed the life of a 25-year-old Hindu woman who was simply waiting on the street for a cab. A 38-year-old auto-rickshaw driver, Mubarak Khan, deceptively convinced her to board his vehicle under the pretence of a safe ride, but instead drove her directly to an isolated, under-construction building. In the deserted structure, Khan violently assaulted and raped the helpless woman, and in a cold-blooded attempt to eliminate the witness, threw her from the building to her death, resulting in his capture and arrest by the Shantinagar police for rape and murder.
On November 14, 2023, in the Kichha tehsil of Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand, a horrific attack shattered the safety of the local community when a five-year-old minor Hindu girl was targeted by an e-rickshaw driver named Shavez. Abusing his mobility, the driver abducted the vulnerable child and took her to a secluded sugar cane field, where he committed a brutal act of rape before leaving her. Following the heinous crime, Shavez and his family members immediately fled the area to evade justice, prompting the Pulbhatta police to register a stringent case under the POCSO Act based on the mother’s desperate complaint and launch an intensive manhunt to track down the fugitives.
On May 31, 2023, near the Gitanagar railway station in Vapi, Gujarat, a disturbing incident of public indecency and harassment came to light when a rickshaw driver named Arif targeted a Hindu female passenger. While the woman was commuting in his vehicle, Arif engaged in aggressive sexual harassment and attempted to indecently expose himself by pulling down his pants directly in front of her. The traumatic encounter was captured on video and quickly went viral across social media platforms, sparking intense public outrage and forcing the Gitanagar police to act swiftly on the victim’s formal complaint, registering a case under multiple criminal sections against the perpetrator.
On May 23, 2025, within the Jagannathpur police station limits in Ranchi, Jharkhand, a vulnerable minor tribal Hindu girl who worked as a ragpicker fell victim to a calculated trap set by an auto driver named Arif. The young girl had boarded the vehicle in good faith to return home, but Arif instead diverted the auto into a deserted forest area and actively summoned his associates to join him. In a shocking display of lawlessness, the group subjected the helpless minor to a brutal gang rape; the Jagannathpur police subsequently registered a comprehensive criminal case against Arif and his co-conspirators following the victim’s brave disclosure.
On November 24, 2022, in the tech hub of Bengaluru, Karnataka, a 22-year-old Hindu woman faced a harrowing ordeal after booking a Rapido bike taxi from BTM Layout to travel to her friend’s residence in Electronic City. The driver, identified as Shahabuddin, flagrantly violated corporate and public trust by diverting the route and forcefully taking the young passenger to his own residence instead of her destination. There, Shahabuddin and his accomplice, Akhtar, held the woman captive and subjected her to a brutal sexual assault, leading to a swift law enforcement response that resulted in the tracking and immediate arrest of both criminals by the Bengaluru police.
On August 4, 2020, in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, a 19-year-old Dalit woman was subjected to a terrifying ordeal after boarding an autorickshaw around 11:00 PM at Surajpur to catch an overnight bus to Agra from Pari Chowk. Exhausted, the passenger drifted asleep, only to wake up and discover that the driver had diverted the vehicle deep into an isolated area. When she courageously resisted, the driver pulled out a firearm, threatened her life, and assaulted her, subsequently tying her hands and feet to silence her cries; when patrolling police closed in on the suspicious vehicle, the driver and his accomplice opened fire on the officers in a desperate attempt to escape, but were ultimately neutralized and captured after a brief shootout.
On November 17, 2017, in Chandigarh, a 21-year-old Hindu university student returning home from her evening stenography class in Sector 37 fell victim to a coordinated ambush after boarding a shared autorickshaw. The driver, Mohammed Irfan, deceptively bypassed her drop-off point toward Mohali under the false pretence of refuelling the vehicle, driving her instead into a dark, deserted forested area. In the wilderness, Irfan and his two waiting accomplices took turns brutally gang-raping the helpless student, sparking a major security crackdown by the Chandigarh police who successfully tracked down and arrested Irfan following the victim’s traumatizing report.
On September 5, 2020, during the height of the global pandemic in Pathanamthitta, Kerala, a state health department ambulance driver named Noufal committed a shocking breach of medical trust and human decency against a vulnerable Dalit woman who had tested positive for COVID-19. While tasked with transporting the infected patient to a treatment centre, Noufal deliberately drove 26 kilometres out of the way to drop off another passenger, and on the return leg, steered the ambulance into a completely deserted area to rape the defenceless woman inside the medical vehicle before abandoning her at the hospital. Demonstrating that the wheels of justice grind firmly against such depravity, the Pathanamthitta District Court formally convicted Noufal for the heinous assault on the vulnerable patient, sentencing him to rigorous life imprisonment on April 11, 2025.
The series of documented cases highlights a deeply troubling pattern where modern transit networks, from everyday digital ride-hailing services to vital emergency services like ambulances, have been compromised by radical Islamist elements. By deliberately weaponising their professional roles, these individuals have converted essential public utilities into hunting grounds, systemically targeting vulnerable women and minor girls. Such actions demonstrate a profound contempt for public safety, civic trust, and the fundamental societal values that safeguard women’s dignity.
For those committed to the preservation of national security and traditional social order, these recurring atrocities emphasize that these are not merely isolated criminal acts, but a broader ideological challenge to localised cultural norms and familial security. Confronting this crisis demands an absolute rejection of political correctness and institutional inertia. True justice can only be achieved through rigorous background vetting, uncompromising law enforcement actions, and a vigilant community effort to neutralise the distinct ideological motivations fuelling these hostile networks.
