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Delhi Police to produce rape accused cab driver before court today

India TV News Desk [Published on:08 Dec 2014, 7:40 AM]
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New Delhi: Delhi Police will produce the cab driver, accused of raping a 25-year-old working woman in Delhi on Friday night, before a local court today to seek his custody for interrogation.

The driver was brought to Delhi yesterday late night after police arrested him from his hideout in Mathura.

The accused, identified as Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32, was caught in a joint operation by Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Police.

A police official said that Yadav was nabbed from Chandrapuri colony and also a white car was seized.

The driver, employed with international cab-booking company Uber, is accused of raping the woman who was returning home in north Delhi's Inderlok area from Gurgaon. The victim is an analyst in a finance company in Sector 21 for the past three years.

The woman was dropped in Vasant Vihar area by her friends from where she hired a private cab around 9.30 pm. She said the driver slapped her many times when she objected to his rape attempt.

After the name of Uber cab came up in the case, the app-based ride-sharing service on Sunday issued a statement, saying it has given police all details of the driver and GPS information.

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