It was her first day of work at the airport. The 32-year-old woman took a cab from the airport.
The 36-year-old driver of an Uber cab, instead of taking the direct route, took her towards Sanjay T-point, Mahipalpur.
“When the passenger asked the driver to stop, he said he has to pick more passengers. She had booked a personal cab and not a sharing one. During the argument, the victim threatened the driver to lodge a complaint against him with Uber,” said a police officer.
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“She started making calls. Fearing that she would inform the police, the stopped the car and pulled her out. The woman shouted at him for touching her inappropriately. The driver then threw her bag out of the cab and zoomed off,” the officer said.
“Soon after the complaint was registered, our teams swung into action and traced the driver. Uber was also contacted. He was arrested and sent to judicial custody,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest) Surender Kumar told HT.
The incident displays how unsafe the public transport remains for women in Delhi, four years after Nirbhaya gang-rape on a bus in 2012.
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