Delhi Rape: Rapist cab driver held in Mathura, to be presented on court today
New Delhi: Forty hours after raping a 27-year-old finance company employee in North Delhi, the cab driver of an international cab-booking service was arrested in Mathura on Sunday.
The accused, identified as 32-year-old Shiv Kumar Yadav, a native of Mathura, will be presented in a Delhi court on Monday. He had been absconding since the victim registered a case against him at Sarai Rohilla police station.
According to DIG (Agra Range) Lakshmi Singh, who confirmed the arrest, the accused cab driver was handed over to the Delhi police. The Delhi police had launched a massive search operation in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to nab Yadav and had constituted 12 teams for the operation. It had also announced a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh for his arrest.
“The vehicle has been found and is being brought to Delhi and forensic examination will be done,” the Delhi police said in a statement. The incident, like the December 16 2012 Delhi bus gangrape case, has once again raised questions over the safety of women in Delhi. The victim had gone to Vasant Vihar on Friday evening along with her friends, from where she booked a cab for a drop to her residence in Inderlok.
In her complaint, the woman said that after taking the cab, she had dozed off after a while. Seeing the victim asleep, the accused took the car to a deserted area near Inderlok Ridge area and raped her. In a chilling reminder of the December 2012 gangrape, the cab driver after dropping the victim home, threatened to shove an iron rod inside her, the victim complained.
Medical tests have confirmed rape, police said. It also issued a notice to Uber, the cab service provider, under Section 161 CrPC to join investigation in the case.
“There are norms to operate such cab service set by the transport department and we will see whether they were followed or not,” deputy commissioner of police (north) Madhur Verma said.
The rape accused did not have a public service vehicle (PSV) licence issued by the Delhi Transport Authority, which is mandatory for all drivers plying commercial vehicles, and there was no mandatory Global Positioning System (GPS) installed in the car.
