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The Uber taxi driver held on suspicion of raping a passenger in India is a career criminal who was out on bail for sexually assaulting a woman.
Madhur Verma, a deputy commissioner with the Delhi police, said Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32, has charges dating back more than a decade. Yadav’s offences include robbery, molestation and possessing an unlicensed firearm.
Verma said on his twitter page on Tuesday that Yadav was a “big time rogue” in his home town of Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. On Monday, Yadav was remanded in custody for three days by a New Delhi court.
The Indian government has requested that all state governments ban Uber and all other unregistered, web-based taxi companies from operating amid passenger safety concerns. Uber stopped working in the Indian capital yesterday.
Uber sent a text message to drivers in the city promising to pay all drivers by Friday. “Uber is deeply shocked and saddened this week,” the message said. “Many of you have sent supportive words and we are very grateful.”
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