JEDDAH — The Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution (BIP) is investigating a driver accused of ttempting to sexually assault a student of King Abdulaziz University. The student told her local Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Hai'a) office that she and her friends had reached an agreement with a Sri Lankan driver to transport them to and from the university. She and another friend were at the university one evening for an exam. They called the driver to pick them up, but he was late. Her friend called her brother and went home with him. The driver arrived later and no one was around in the university, the student said. As she entered the car he tried to sexually assault her, she claimed. She told police that she fought with him and managed to push him away before running toward the university gate. He followed her in the car and tried unsuccessfully to run her over, it was alleged. She said she was forced to go back inside the college building to call her family. The driver was detained by the Hai'a, but he denied the allegations. The case has been transferred to the BIP. — SG
