TV9 News: Delhi Cab Rape: Driver Arrested in Mathura, To Be Produced Before Court 'Today'....,
New Delhi: Two days after an Uber cab driver allegedly raped a young finance executive in Delhi, he was arrested from Mathura and will be produced in a Delhi court on Monday. The Delhi Police used 12 teams who were dispatched to Mathura to nab the 32-year-old Shiv Kumar Yadav who was located after a 25-minute chase by tracing his cell number.
"We have arrested the accused in the cab case from Mathura and he has been brought to Delhi," DCP North Madhur Verma said.
The incident took place on Friday night when the woman hired the cab and fell asleep in the vehicle. Later, the driver allegedly took her to a desolate spot and raped her.
Though with the arrest of the accused in this case, one part of the investigation is over, the Delhi Police is now looking at the role of the Uber cab service provider which has been sent a notice under section 161 of Indian Penal Code to join the investigation.
According to sources in Delhi Police, there are several lapses on Uber's part which probably led to this heinous crime being committed. Every commercial driver needs to have a commercial badge. However, sources say that Yadav did not have the badge.
Uber had not even conducted a background check and verification of the accused driver before recruiting him. It is the responsibility of the cab service provider to get the identity verified through police. The address given by Yadav was not where he used to stay. Even the phone number that he was using was not registered on his name.
There were three drivers who drove the Swift Dzire in which the crime took place. At any given point, Uber didn't know which of the three was driving as there was only one phone with the Uber app. In fact, after the incident, the police had to download the Uber app and order a cab to reach its 3-room office in Gurgaon.
