New Delhi taxi driver charged with rape
Print Edition
A NEW Delhi court yesterday charged a cab driver with rape, kidnapping and criminal intimidation in a case that has renewed a national fury over chronic sexual violence in India. Authorities are still investigating whether the man’s employer — Uber — should also be charged.
The 32-year-old Shiv Kumar Yadav entered a plea of innocence. He has been in custody since a 25-year-old woman filed a police complaint alleging he assaulted her after she hired him for a ride home on December 5.
Authorities, meanwhile, are investigating the possibility of criminal charges against Uber for misrepresenting the safety of its service, police official Brijendra Kumar Yadav said.
“That is a separate case, and will take some time,” he said, without giving details.
The case has appalled many in India, occurring almost exactly two years after a young woman was fatally gang raped on a bus in the capital. It has sparked new demands for better protections for women.
It also dealt a blow to Uber, which has attracted global praise and controversy with a service that lets passengers summon cars through an app in more than 250 cities around the world.
The taxi alternative, valued at US$40 billion, faces multiple legal and regulatory challenges as it expands in the US and elsewhere.
After the rape case in New Delhi, Indian police questioned an Uber official about the company’s claim it conducts comprehensive background checks.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
