New Delhi: While the rape case against Uber driver Shiv Kumar Yadav is already under investigation, past cases of sexual assault against the accused have also come to the fore. Another young woman Nidhi Shah has now came forward saying she had complained against him just two weeks ago, but Uber officials did not take any action. Though Uber sent a mail to Nidhi after her complaints expressing regret, it offered no concrete action against the accused.
"I've faced this problem with Uber only in India," said the young passenger. "I decided to file a complaint with Uber because he was making me uncomfortable throughout the trip," she added. Nidhi said that the cab driver was staring at her from the rear view mirror and she suspect that Yadav was constantly switching off the gps in the car.
Yadav has several cases of sexual assault pending against him from 2013. He had been booked in 2009 in two molestation cases. He was also booked in 2006 for a case under the Arms Act. He had been acquitted in a 2011 rape case after spending seven months in the Tihar jail.
Meanwhile, the police has widened the probe by filing an FIR against Uber for cheating the public. The company has been banned and blacklisted from operating in the city by Delhi government. The US-based cab service has a total of 4,000 drivers on its roll but it did not have any idea whether they have police verification or posses mandatory Public Service Vehicle (PSV) badge.
The Asia-Pacific head of Uber Alexander flew in from Hong Kong and met senior police officials to cooperate in the investigation. Police has issued a notice under section 91 CrPC to him to provide certain documents of the company.
"We have asked him to submit documents under eight pointers which include details of all the taxis amd its drivers working with them and how you checked their antecedents and the details of the directors of the company," said a senior police official.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Madhur Verma said Bhatia told investigators that Uber have around 4,000 drivers but it did not carry out checking to know whether the cabbies had police verification certificate or possessed PSV. PSV is mandatory for drivers of all public service vehicles in Delhi.
The woman executive was raped allegedly by Shiv Kumar Yadav, a driver with Uber on Friday night. Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi has said that police is examining legal liability of Uber. "We are also legally examining what action can be taken against Uber for not fulfilling its promises," Bassi said.
Police has also found that Uber and other similar companies which operate online platforms linking drivers with customers are registered in India as technology businesses rather than transport companies. Prima facie it has emerged that the company had not formulated procedures to honor the promise of a safe service it advertised about and which people, especially women trust while traveling with them at odd hours.
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