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Uber driver masturbates at traffic signal, case registered

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Photo illustration of logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone over a reserved lane for taxis in a street in Madrid

Bengaluru: In another instance of reported misbehavior, an Uber driver allegedly masturbated at a traffic signal while ferrying a woman techie passenger from HSR Layout to SG Palya on Tuesday night.

The woman passenger on reaching home confronted the cabbie who denied any wrongdoing. However when she threatened to file a police complaint, he apologized for his behavior and requested her to give him a five-star rating on the Uber app.

As per reports, the woman passenger’s brother has filed a complaint with the police and also wrote to Uber via a post in Twitter stating: “Soon after my sister boarded from HSR Layout sector 7, the accused driver stopped the car multiple times in the slow moving traffic. While waiting at the Silk Board signal, the driver started to touch himself while the car was stationary, and continued the lewd gesture until she reached home.”

However no immediate response was received from Uber regarding the complaint.

The woman techie also took to twitter to write about her traumatic experience. She wrote: “@Uber_BLR – Harassment on roads. You have creepy drivers on board. It is a tough life out there for women. I am sickened.”

A case has been registered with the Bengaluru police who are on the lookout for the driver.

The cab aggregator finally responded to the complaint at around 3pm on Wednesday though they had been alerted about the incident as soon as the incident took place (between 7.30 and 8.15pm on March 22).

It is reported that the driver has been waitlisted and the company is also co-operating with the police.

It may be recalled that in July 2015, another techie was allegedly abused and harassed by an Uber driver as well. She filed a complaint with the police and the driver was then dismissed by Uber.

(Agencies)

Karnataka government seizes 62 Uber two-wheeler taxis

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Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Friday seized 62 two-wheeler taxis belonging to app-based cab aggregator Uber for violating the Motor Vehicles Act and continuing to operate without requisite permission.

“We have seized 62 Uber bikes (two-wheeler taxis, uberMOTO) today (Friday) for operating illegally. We will take stern action against them (Uber) in accordance with the Motor Vehicles Act.,” Karnataka Transport Commissioner Rame Gowda told IANS.

Gowda pointed out that white number plated uberMOTO two-wheelers do not comply with the rules and the drivers also lack a badge which a commercial vehicle driver should have.

The transport commissioner clarified that any commercial vehicle must first make an application to the Road Transport Authority (RTA) in their respective district or area to start business operations.

He said a committee including the deputy commissioner of a particular district or area as the chairman, RTO as the secretary and SP or DCP as the member will consider the application and deal with it according to the requirement.

“Without doing all these things, it is an illegal operation. Everybody should know what they (Uber) are doing, what business they are doing, how they are conducting,” said Gowda.

“Let them follow the rules, we are not coming in their way. It should be transparent. If anything goes wrong ultimately who is responsible. It is not fair on their (Uber) part,” Gowda told IANS.

On being asked if there would be any monetary penalty on Uber, Gowda said the court will decide.

According to media reports, Uber’s rival Ola stopped its version of two-wheeler taxis Ola Bike which was also confirmed by Gowda leading to only Uber two-wheeler taxis being seized on Friday.

Despite several attempts by IANS to elicit the reasons for halting the two-wheeler taxi services and whether it received a notice from the government, Ola did not respond.

Interestingly, IANS succeeded in booking and cancelling an Uber two-wheeler taxi from the Bengaluru Press Club near Cubbon Park in the heart of the city.

The app confirmed a bike taxi to IANS reporter being operated by one Harish using a Bajaj Platina motorcycle to deliver the service.

On being asked if Uber informed the driver that the two-wheeler taxi service he is listed for is currently illegal, Harish, the bike driver said: “Uber did not inform me that the service is illegal.”

He disconnected the call on being questioned further while Uber did not respond to IANS despite several attempts.

Uber and Ola launched pilot on-demand two-wheeler taxi services uberMOTO and Ola Bike, respectively, on March 3. Ola Bike later stopped its services and even removed the option to book a bike taxi on its app.

uberMOTO’s minimum fare is pegged at Rs.15 per km followed by Rs.3 per km and Re.1 per minute of travel.

(IANS)

Police name suspect in Michigan shootings

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Uber driver Jason Dalton, who has no known criminal history, suspected of killing at least six people.

Dalton's arrest came after a manhunt following Saturday night's shootings in Kalamazoo

Dalton’s arrest came after a manhunt following Saturday night’s shootings in Kalamazoo

by Al Jazeera

US police have publicly identified a man suspected of driving around the Michigan city of Kalamazoo and randomly shooting people, leaving at least six dead.

Jeff Hadley, Kalamazoo department of public safety chief, named the suspect as Jason Dalton, 45, of Kalamazoo county, the AP news agency reported.

Dalton, an Uber driver, reportedly has no known criminal history. The transport company confirmed that the suspect was one of its employees.

It said in a statement it was “horrified and heartbroken”, adding that it offered help in the investigation.

Jeff Getting, Kalamazoo county prosecutor, said authorities were investigating a Facebook post saying the suspect was an Uber driver driving erratically around the time of the shootings.

Michigan police earlier launched a manhunt after six people were killed and several others injured in seemingly random shootings near a Kalamazoo car dealership and restaurant late on Saturday night.

Michigan police earlier arrested a man whose car matched a description of the suspect’s.

Paul Matyas, Kalamazoo county undersheriff, described a rampage that began at about 6pm on Saturday on the eastern edge of Kalamazoo county, where a woman was shot several times and seriously wounded.

A little more than four hours later, a father and his 18-year-old son were fatally shot while looking at cars at the dealership.

Fifteen minutes after that, five people – including the teenage girl who police originally said had been killed, based on a pronouncement by medical officials – were shot in the car park of a Cracker Barrel restaurant along Interstate 94, Matyas said.

Matyas later told the WWMT TV network at the time of Dalton’s arrest that the suspect “voluntarily” gave himself up after he was approached by police.

“The threat to the public is over. This is your worst nightmare when you have someone driving around killing people,” Matyas said.

Kalamazoo, with a population of about 75,000, is west of Detroit.

It is home to Western Michigan University and the headquarters of popular craft beer maker Bell’s Brewery.

The city also is known for the anonymously funded Kalamazoo Promise programme, which for more than a decade has paid for college tuition of students who graduate from Kalamazoo Public Schools.

Uber cab driver gets jail for life for raping woman executive

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Photo illustration of logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone over a reserved lane for taxis in a street in Madrid

New Delhi: An Uber cab driver was today sentenced to life imprisonment till his natural death for raping a woman executive in his taxi 11 months ago by a Delhi court.

The court awarded the maximum sentence for the offence which endangered the life of the 25-year-old woman.

32-year-old Shiv Kumar Yadav was given the life imprisonment by Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja who held that the convict while raping the victim abducted her with an intent to compel her for marriage.

“Convict (Yadav) is sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life which shall mean imprisonment till his remaining natural life for the offence under section 376 (2)(m) (committing rape causes grievous bodily harm) of the IPC,” the judge said and also imposed a fine of Rs 21,000 on him.

The court also directed the Delhi Legal Services Authority to give compensation to the victim and to take care of the family of the convict.

Moments after pronouncement of the judgment, Yadav, his wife, father and two minor daughters started crying inconsolably.

His wailing wife also fainted in the courtroom.

According to the prosecution, the incident took place on the night of December 5 last year when the victim, a finance executive working in Gurgaon, was heading back to her house at Inderlok in Central Delhi.

The accused was arrested on December 7, 2014 from Mathura. The prosecution had produced 28 witnesses in the case.

(PTI)

Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav convicted for raping woman passenger in Delhi

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Photo illustration of logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone over a reserved lane for taxis in a street in Madrid

New Delhi: A Delhi court has convicted an Uber cab driver of raping a young woman passenger last year.

On December 5, Shiv Kumar Yadav had sexually assaulted the woman, a finance executive working in Gurgaon, while she on her way back home in Inderlok in northwest Delhi.

Yadav was arrested two days later from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.

The court today convicted Yadav, 32, for offences including endangering a woman’s life while raping her, abducting and criminally intimidating her. Yadav faces a maximum punishment of life imprisonment. Arguments on sentencing will be heard on Friday.

The woman, who had hired the cab by using the taxi service’s app, had, in her statement, said that she fell asleep in the cab on her way home from dinner. She said she was then taken to a deserted area not far from her home where the driver raped her and threatened to violate her with an iron rod, a barbarous tactic used in the fatal gang-rape of a young student on a moving bus two years ago in the capital.

The incident had sparked massive outrage across the country, renewing debate on the safety of women in the national capital. The Delhi government later banned the Uber in the national capital.

Uber, with which Shiv Kumar Yadav had been registered, had drawn fire for failing to deliver on its promise of safety. It had not conducted any background checks on Yadav, who had at least five cases against him – two under the Uttar Pradesh Control of Goondas Act and the rest relating to sexual assaults.

(Agencies)

Delhi rejects licence applications of Uber, Ola and TaxiForSure

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New Delhi/ Gurgaon: New Delhi’s transport authority rejected the licence applications of US-based taxi company Uber, its local rival Ola and TaxiForSure, citing violation of ban orders imposed by the government last year.

Indian government had asked unregistered web-based taxi services to halt operations in December after a driver contracted with Uber was accused of rape. Both Uber and Ola applied for licences in New Delhi but kept operating while approvals were pending.

A spokesman for Ola, which is backed by Japan’s SoftBank Corp, declined to comment. Uber said the license rejection was ‘unfortunate’. It was still possible to book a taxi using mobile applications of Uber or Ola in New Delhi late on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, police seized the taxis of the three companies as they were banned from plying on Delhi roads.

Earlier this week, a driver contracted with Uber was arrested near New Delhi after a woman passenger accused him of sexual harassment when she hailed his cab. The driver was later released on bail.

(Agencies)

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