New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Friday filed FIR against international taxi service provider Uber and one of its drivers Shiv Kumar Yadav in connection with the rape of a 25-year-old woman in the national capital.
"We have registered a separate FIR against Uber under Section 420 (cheating) of IPC. In investigations so far, it emerged that the company cheated their customer on the pretext of providing safe commuting with duly verified driver," Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Madhur Verma said.
The accused cab driver has been booked for charges of forgery. Delhi Police Commissioner (South) BS Bassi had earlier in the day told reporters that the character certificate produced by Yadav was forged. Probe is also on over the issuance of Yadav's driving licence.
The investigations have gathered momentum amid growing outrage over the rape allegedly by a driver of Uber who had been arrested on Saturday.
"We wanted to know the role of the company while it brings the customer and the car driver into contact through its App. What is the liability of the company if the driver commits a crime as in this case? What is the business model, how it works, who are its promoters?" Verma said.
"He (Gautam Bhatia, Uber official)first told us that there is no country head and he reports to one guy who heads its operation at EMEA (Europe-Middle East-Asia). If we don't get satisfactory answers from Bhatia, we may call this EMEA head for questioning," the officer added.
He added that they have come across gross violations on part of the company in terms of violation of the Motor Vehicle Act and others.
CNN-IBN had learnt that an official of Uber had admitted that the company did not do background checks on drivers. He told police that it leaves to the cab companies to get the background checks of drivers done. He said that Uber only sees the documents shown to it by cab companies or drivers but never checks their authenticity.
The 32-year-old accused was arrested from his hometown in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura. He allegedly raped a woman at around 9:30 PM on Friday when the victim, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon, was heading back home in north Delhi's Inderlok area.
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