Gurgaon: A cab driver accused of raping a woman in Delhi on Friday night, has been arrested from Mathura.
The driver, 32-year-old Shiv Kumar Yadav, was working with Uber, a US-based company which recently launched its taxi supplying service through a smartphone app in India.
The Delhi Police had earlier sent a notice to Uber, asking it to join the investigations by tomorrow.
In a statement this evening, Uber said, “This is an abhorrent crime. Our thoughts remain with the victim who has shown tremendous courage under the circumstances. Upon being notified of this incident, our team immediately provided the local authorities with all relevant details.”
The 27-year-old woman, who works with a finance company, hired the cab in Gurgaon near Delhi on Friday night after dining with friends. Medical tests have confirmed the financial executive was raped, said police sources.
The woman in her complaint, which does not mention Uber, said that after getting into the cab, a Maruti Suzuki Dzire, on Friday night, she fell asleep and woke up to find the car parked at a secluded spot. The driver then allegedly raped her.
She told the police that the driver then dropped her near her home in north Delhi after threatening to shove an iron rod inside her, in a chilling reminder of the December 2012 gang-rape, if she complained.
“The woman clicked a photograph of the car’s number plate and then made a PCR call to report the incident,” a police officer said.
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When an Uber driver is requested via its app, the user is shown a photo of the driver along with his phone number when he is en route. In this case, the suspect’s phone was allegedly not registered in his own name. Uber uses GPS installed on drivers’ phones to track their locations, but the driver had switched off his phone.