The Uber cab in which the woman was raped
One person has been detained from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh in connection with the rape of a woman passenger, allegedly by a taxi driver on Friday night in Delhi. The police are verifying whether the person detained is the main accused in the case, 32-year-old Shiv Kumar Yadav, who works with Uber, a popular app that supplies taxis to users; he had been missing since the incident.
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.
In a statement this morning, Uber said, "Our thoughts are with the victim of this terrible crime and we are working with the police as they investigate. We will assist them in any way we can. It is also our policy to immediately suspend a driver's account following allegations of a serious incident, which we have done." (
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The woman in her complaint, which does not mention Uber, said that after getting into the cab 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 kill her if she spoke of the matter to anybody.
"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.
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. (
Read: How Uber Tracks Where Driver And You Are)