Shiv Kumar Yadav, accused of raping a woman passenger, has been remanded in police custody for three days.
Shiv Kumar Yadav, a driver with Uber who has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman passenger in Delhi, spent seven months in jail in 2011 on charges of rape. He was reportedly acquitted, said the police, though details remain unclear.
The Delhi government has today banned Uber from offering any services in and around the capital, alleging that it defaulted on basic safety checks like verifying the police record of the driver. (
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The FIR or police case against Yadav, now 32, says three years ago, a young woman who worked at a pub in Gurgaon, hailed his taxi. He drove to an isolated spot, held her at knifepoint, and raped her. When she shouted for help, he pushed her onto the road in South Delhi's Vasant Kunj area, said the FIR, which was filed in December 13, 2011.
On Friday evening, Yadav was hired through Uber, the app that connects users with taxis, by a young woman executive in Gurgaon.
She has told the police she fell asleep in the car and woke up to find it parked in a deserted spot. Yadav then raped her, she said, before driving her to her neighbourhood in North Delhi, where he abandoned her on the road. She managed to take a photo of the car's license plate.
Yadav then drove to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. He abandoned his car near his village on Saturday and was arrested last evening. He was produced in a court in Delhi today and is now in police custody.