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Police recover iPhone of rape-accused Uber driver
PTI | Dec 10, 2014, 01.36 PM IST
IMAGE Police recover iPhone of rape-accused Uber driver
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have recovered the iPhone which was provided by Uber to the driver accused of raping the 27-year-old finance company executive on Friday night inside the cab which she had booked through the company's App.
The smartphone was recovered from Mathura by a Delhi Police team which had gone there with accused Shiv Kumar Yadav yesterday in search of the phone. The phone was recovered at his instance.
Police have already recovered two of the three phones used by Yadav.
READ ALSO: Women in village feared 'rapist' driver
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Girls-told-to-stay-indoors-every-time-Uber-rapist-driver-Shiv-Kumar-Yadav-visited-village/articleshow/45443443.cms
Uber provides its cab drivers an iPhone with the Uber App. Customers book a cab through the company's App. The system then sends a message to the driver of a cab nearest to the customer and when he accepts the 'assignment', his name, photo and other details of the cab like its registration number is sent to the customer through this App.
"The phone is an important evidence for us. It will prove that Yadav works for Uber which will help us prove the culpability of the cab service. It will also prove that Yadav was driving the cab which the victim has booked," said a senior police official.
Its GPS signature will help us corroborate the route from where she was picked, the course the cab took to reach the spot where the crime took place and when he dropped the victim near her home, he said.
The accused driver had dropped a message in the company's system that the customer has been dropped and then exited the App. He had then fled to Mathura.
Yadav, who was driving an Uber cab, had allegedly raped a 27-year-old financial executive, who works for a multinational company in Gurgaon, on Friday night when she was headed back home in north Delhi's Inderlok area.
He was later arrested from Mathura and is under three-day police custody.
[ IMAGE Yadav's crime trial timeline inside ]
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Delhi/Police-recover-iPhone-of-rape-accused-Uber-driver/articleshow/45451563.cms
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Uber Banned in India After Medical Report Indicates Driver Raped Passenger
Jason Mick (Blog) - December 8, 2014 3:56 PM
23 comment(s) - last by bsd228.. on Dec 9 at 4:18 PM
(Source: EPA)
Incident follows two accusations of rape in the U.S. earlier this year
Riding-sharing service Uber this month finished tacking on $1.2B USD to its war-chest bringing its total venture capital raised to date to $2.7B USD. That funding round took the valuation of the smartphone ride-sharing service, which competes with traditional taxi services, to a staggering $40B USD .. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/uber-files-to-sell-1-8-billion-in-new-shares -- a figure that provoked ire from financial analysts .. http://www.cnbc.com/id/102249416 . But aside from criticism of its valuation on fundamental financials, Uber is facing more existensial questions of safety and corporate atmosphere in the wake of at least the third accusation of rape against an Uber driver this year.
I. Accusations of Disturbing, Criminal Behavior by Uber Drivers Grow
.. MUCH MORE .. http://www.dailytech.com/Uber+Banned+in+India+After+Medical+Report+Indicates+Driver+Raped+Passenger/article36974.htm
.. AND ANOTHER .. which may or may not be in the huge multi-linked one just above ..
Chicago Police Investigate Rape Allegation Against Uber Driver
Reuters | By Mary Wisniewski
Posted: 12/09/2014 8:28 pm EST Updated: 12/09/2014 8:59 pm EST
(Reuters) - Chicago police said on Tuesday they are investigating an allegation that a driver for the online car service Uber raped a female customer.
Chicago police said in a statement that they have been in contact with the woman as well as Uber personnel, but declined to give further details.
Uber spokeswoman Jennifer Mullin called the incident "appalling and unacceptable." She said the company immediately removed the driver from the Uber platform when it learned of the incident, and is cooperating with police in the investigation.
Mullin said that all drivers with the ridesharing service undergo a "rigorous background check."
Uber is one of several ride-sharing services gaining popularity in cities, despite opposition from taxi companies that typically operate under stricter regulations.
The Chicago investigation comes as Uber has been in the news for other issues with government authorities.
Also on Tuesday, California prosecutors said that a former Uber driver was charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in the death of a 6-year-old girl who was struck in a San Francisco crosswalk on New Year's Eve.
On Monday, Portland, Oregon sued Uber to stop the service from operating in the city until it follows local regulations.
The same day, the company was banned from operating in India's capital, New Delhi, after a female passenger accused one of its drivers of rape.
The fast-growing company was valued at $40 billion last week after its latest funding round ahead of an expected initial public offering.
(Editing by Eric Walsh) .. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/09/uber-rape-chicago-investigation-_n_6298476.html
.. rapists and torturers are disgusting maggots who deserve only to described fairly by the worst expletives imaginable ..
PTI | Dec 10, 2014, 01.36 PM IST
IMAGE Police recover iPhone of rape-accused Uber driver
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have recovered the iPhone which was provided by Uber to the driver accused of raping the 27-year-old finance company executive on Friday night inside the cab which she had booked through the company's App.
The smartphone was recovered from Mathura by a Delhi Police team which had gone there with accused Shiv Kumar Yadav yesterday in search of the phone. The phone was recovered at his instance.
Police have already recovered two of the three phones used by Yadav.
READ ALSO: Women in village feared 'rapist' driver
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Girls-told-to-stay-indoors-every-time-Uber-rapist-driver-Shiv-Kumar-Yadav-visited-village/articleshow/45443443.cms
Uber provides its cab drivers an iPhone with the Uber App. Customers book a cab through the company's App. The system then sends a message to the driver of a cab nearest to the customer and when he accepts the 'assignment', his name, photo and other details of the cab like its registration number is sent to the customer through this App.
"The phone is an important evidence for us. It will prove that Yadav works for Uber which will help us prove the culpability of the cab service. It will also prove that Yadav was driving the cab which the victim has booked," said a senior police official.
Its GPS signature will help us corroborate the route from where she was picked, the course the cab took to reach the spot where the crime took place and when he dropped the victim near her home, he said.
The accused driver had dropped a message in the company's system that the customer has been dropped and then exited the App. He had then fled to Mathura.
Yadav, who was driving an Uber cab, had allegedly raped a 27-year-old financial executive, who works for a multinational company in Gurgaon, on Friday night when she was headed back home in north Delhi's Inderlok area.
He was later arrested from Mathura and is under three-day police custody.
[ IMAGE Yadav's crime trial timeline inside ]
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Delhi/Police-recover-iPhone-of-rape-accused-Uber-driver/articleshow/45451563.cms
~~~
Uber Banned in India After Medical Report Indicates Driver Raped Passenger
Jason Mick (Blog) - December 8, 2014 3:56 PM
23 comment(s) - last by bsd228.. on Dec 9 at 4:18 PM
(Source: EPA)
Incident follows two accusations of rape in the U.S. earlier this year
Riding-sharing service Uber this month finished tacking on $1.2B USD to its war-chest bringing its total venture capital raised to date to $2.7B USD. That funding round took the valuation of the smartphone ride-sharing service, which competes with traditional taxi services, to a staggering $40B USD .. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/uber-files-to-sell-1-8-billion-in-new-shares -- a figure that provoked ire from financial analysts .. http://www.cnbc.com/id/102249416 . But aside from criticism of its valuation on fundamental financials, Uber is facing more existensial questions of safety and corporate atmosphere in the wake of at least the third accusation of rape against an Uber driver this year.
I. Accusations of Disturbing, Criminal Behavior by Uber Drivers Grow
.. MUCH MORE .. http://www.dailytech.com/Uber+Banned+in+India+After+Medical+Report+Indicates+Driver+Raped+Passenger/article36974.htm
.. AND ANOTHER .. which may or may not be in the huge multi-linked one just above ..
Chicago Police Investigate Rape Allegation Against Uber Driver
Reuters | By Mary Wisniewski
Posted: 12/09/2014 8:28 pm EST Updated: 12/09/2014 8:59 pm EST
(Reuters) - Chicago police said on Tuesday they are investigating an allegation that a driver for the online car service Uber raped a female customer.
Chicago police said in a statement that they have been in contact with the woman as well as Uber personnel, but declined to give further details.
Uber spokeswoman Jennifer Mullin called the incident "appalling and unacceptable." She said the company immediately removed the driver from the Uber platform when it learned of the incident, and is cooperating with police in the investigation.
Mullin said that all drivers with the ridesharing service undergo a "rigorous background check."
Uber is one of several ride-sharing services gaining popularity in cities, despite opposition from taxi companies that typically operate under stricter regulations.
The Chicago investigation comes as Uber has been in the news for other issues with government authorities.
Also on Tuesday, California prosecutors said that a former Uber driver was charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in the death of a 6-year-old girl who was struck in a San Francisco crosswalk on New Year's Eve.
On Monday, Portland, Oregon sued Uber to stop the service from operating in the city until it follows local regulations.
The same day, the company was banned from operating in India's capital, New Delhi, after a female passenger accused one of its drivers of rape.
The fast-growing company was valued at $40 billion last week after its latest funding round ahead of an expected initial public offering.
(Editing by Eric Walsh) .. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/09/uber-rape-chicago-investigation-_n_6298476.html
.. rapists and torturers are disgusting maggots who deserve only to described fairly by the worst expletives imaginable ..
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