The unidentified driver picked up the victim at the corner of 51st Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan and drove to the corner of Ingram Street and 70th Avenue in Forest Hills. At about 12:45 a.m., the suspect stopped the cab. He got out of the cab an
After the assault, the victim went to her apartment and called the police. She identified the perpetrator as an Indian or Pakistani man in his late 30s, police said. The man is about 5-foot-7, 135 pounds with a thin build and black hair, police said.
Police were asking for the public's help in finding the driver. A $2,000 reward was being offered for any information.
