The crimes are seen to be rising in the National Capital and seen to compromise on our safety.
Another incident of sexual assault took place on March 9, where a 29-year old girl was travelling back from her office in Gurgaon to her home in Rohini.
The driver was not registered with Uber and it was his friend that was registered as a drivr partner with Uber and he gave him to drive the car even though it was not allowed and neither did he own a license.
When the cab arrived, she noticed that the vehicle had a white number plate instead of the commercial number plate and also had tinted glasses, the police said.
The woman grew suspicious of the driver as his face did not match with the image of the driver provided by Uber on their app, they said.
The driver, a 22-year old, who was allegedly drunk, took the vehicle along a secluded route in Narela. The woman alleged that he was making unwanted advances, the police said.
The driver was taking a different route than the one she would usually take. When she tried to get out from the vehicle at a traffic signal, the driver centrally locked the doors and threatened her, the police said.
When the car slowed down at a CNG station near GTK depot, she took the opportunity to unlock the door and jumped out of the car. The driver absconded from the spot with his vehicle, they said.
A police team went to the village on the intervening night of March 9 and 10 and traced the vehicle with a drunken man lying inside the car, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Aslam Khan said.
He was identified as Sanjeev alias Sanju, a resident of Gannaur, Haryana.
An Uber spokesperson said that have removed the driver who allowed another man to drive his vehicle.
The drivers in the present incident have violated the terms of the agreement that Uber signs with its driver-partners. Such behaviour puts our riders and driver partners at risk and is not tolerated, the company said.
“We immediately removed the driver partner’s access to the app and will take strict action against him for letting an unregistered driver without a licence access his account and take trips via the app,” the spokesperson said.
He said the company is “ready to support law enforcement authorities with any information needed for their investigation”.