Brampton cops book student from Punjab for sexual assault

Arshdeep Singh (22), a student from Punjab, has been arrested on charges of sexual assault in Brampton, Canada.

The Peel Regional Police say they have arrested the student in connection with a string of sexual assaults against women in their early 20s who were waiting at bus stops and accepted a ride from someone posing as a rideshare driver. They said police received three reports of violent sexual assaults, two on November 8 and one on November 16, originating from Brampton. On November 8, in the morning hours, a woman was waiting at a bus stop near Countryside Drive and Bramalea road in Brampton when a man in a black four-door sedan approached her. The man identified himself as a rideshare service and offered a ride.

The woman got into the vehicle and was driven to Highway 27 and Nashville Road in Vaughan, where she was sexually assaulted.

That same morning, the police said another woman reported she was waiting at a bus stop to go to school near Goreridge Crescent and Via Romano Way in Brampton when she was approached by a black four-door sedan. Again, he said the driver identified himself as a rideshare operator.

The woman was driven to Highway 50, south of Gore Road in Brampton, where she was sexually assaulted. A third similar report came on November 16, Milinovich said.

Arshdeep would lure victims into his vehicle posing as operating a rideshare service. Arshdeep faces multiple charges, including sexual assault, sexual assault by strangulation, sexual assault with a weapon, three counts of kidnapping, robbery and uttering threats.