Uber driver Shiv Kumar Yadav, accused of raping a woman passenger, outside a court in New Delhi (Agence France-Presse photo)
Delhi Police has invited people to come forward with complaints against Shiv Kumar Yadav, the Uber driver arrested for allegedly raping a passenger on Friday.
The police have also contacted a woman, Nidhi Shah, who has alleged that she had complained about Yadav to the popular app-based taxi service just a week before he allegedly raped a 27-year-old executive on Friday.
"If you wish to lodge a police complaint against Shiv Kmr Yadav for his indecent act please feel free to contact us," said a tweet from a senior Delhi Police officer to Ms Shah.
Ms Shah told NDTV that she had complained to Uber about Yadav staring at her during a taxi ride on November 26. He allegedly also told her that the cab's GPS was not working.
The complaint apparently did not lead to any action by Uber, which has been accused by the police of hiring Yadav without basic background checks that would have revealed his criminal record.
Yadav faces multiple cases, which include two for rape, a case of assault on a woman and another for carrying arms. In 2011, he spent seven months in jail for allegedly raping a woman who worked at a pub in Gurgaon but he was later acquitted, the police said. He was accused in another rape case last year in Mainpuri, his hometown in Uttar Pradesh.
The police have called for records from Mainpuri in the previous case.
They are also questioning Uber's Asia Pacific Head Eric Alexander, who has been asked to produce employee verification details, the company's database on drivers and other documents.