BENGALURU: Two cabbies who allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted a man here were arrested on Tuesday .The duo had kidnapped two BPO employees and the driver ferrying them to work after an incident of road rage. DCP (south-east) Rohini Katoch-Sepat said the two have confessed to the crime.They have been booked under Section 377.

The incident took place on September 29. The BPO cab was headed for an office at Mico Layout around 3.30am when a cab coming from the opposite direction stopped in its path. The driver of the second cab and another occupant reportedly got into the victims' car and told off its driver for having headlights on high beam.The driver apologised but the intruders -Kiran (29) and Satish (25) -allegedly thrashed him and the two BPO employees. They then reportedly drove the car to a nearby ATM, where the duo asked the BPO employees for their cards to withdraw mon ey. They flew into a rage on finding that the accounts did not have any.

They then ordered the driver to drive to a secluded spot near Ragigudda where they stripped the three captives and sexually assaulted one. They later rang up a friend, also named Satish, who picked them up. He has been arrested as well.