Police have arrested a taxi driver after he allegedly raped a German tourist in Hyderabad city, media reports said.

The incident reportedly occurred under the limits of the Pahadi Shareef police station in the south Indian city.

The arrested person was identified as Mohammad Abdul Aslam (25).

Based on the car number, CCTV footage and other details given by the victim woman, the Rachakonda Commissionerate police arrested the accused, ETV reported.

The German woman was shifted to a hospital for medical examination after the case was booked.

Police later recorded her statement and provided counselling to her.

Police are investigating whether others were involved in the crime.

The victim reportedly told the police that she would go to her home country on Thursday.

The German victim came to Hyderabad with another foreign national at the invitation of her friend Mangalgiri Sarathchandra Chowdhury.

Mangalgiri hails from Meerpet, Hyderabad.

They reportedly studied together at the University of Messina in Italy.

The German victim had reportedly clicked a selfie with the accused before she was assaulted.

According to reports, the victim and her friend had hired the car for a tour in the city.

The accused threatened to kill the victim if he disclosed the incident to anyone.

The accused was returning to the venue where he had left the victim's friend when she jumped out of the car.

She informed about the incident to her friend when the accused escaped from the spot with the car.