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Delhi to ban web cabs after Uber rape claim
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INDIA’S capital New Delhi has decided to ban all unregistered Internet taxi firms after a female passenger reported she was raped by a driver contracted to US online cab company Uber, a government official said yesterday.
The case has caused uproar after it emerged that the suspect had previously been charged for rape but had obtained a character reference signed by a police officer that appeared to have been forged.
It has also revealed a total failure to regulate the booming market for online taxi services in India. The Delhi transport department has been slow to respond and, according to reports, sent its order banning Uber by fax.
In its ruling, published in a national newspaper, the department stated that only six registered radio taxi companies would now be allowed to operate in New Delhi.
“We have banned Uber. Another public notice will be issued tomorrow for banning all non-registered cab service providers. It’s almost done,” said Kuldeep Singh Gangar, spokesman of the Delhi transport department yesterday.
Uber was blacklisted in New Delhi on Monday after police said it had failed to run checks on the driver, who was arrested three years ago in a similar case but acquitted.
The arrested driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav, appeared in court on Monday and was remanded in custody. Yadav had obtained a reference from the Delhi Police, but a police spokesman said it “seems to be fake.”
Uber was valued at US$40 billion last week after its latest funding round ahead of an expected initial public offering.
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