Police took sou moto cognisance of the matter after the cab driver refused to file a complaint. (File)
An unidentified man tried to rob a woman cab driver by breaking the window of her vehicle with a stone while she was waiting to pick up a passenger in north Delhi's Kashmere Gate area, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place on Monday, they said.
The cab driver was waiting to pick a passenger when the man allegedly threw a stone at her vehicle and broke the glass window, police said.
The woman cab driver received minor injuries. The man then asked the driver to handover her mobile phone. When she refused, he tried to snatch it but the woman resisted all his attempts, police said.
A bus driver, who was passing by, sensed something suspicious and stopped his vehicle to help the cab driver. Seeing the bus driver approach, the accused fled the spot and the woman managed to retain her mobile phone, a senior police officer said.
She, however, refused to file a police complaint.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said, "Taking sou moto cognisance, a case was registered under section 393 (Attempt to commit robbery) of the Indian Penal Code at the Kashmere Gate police station and efforts are on to catch the accused."
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