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Uber driver held for molesting passenger
Gurgaon, June 2
A 40-year-old driver of cab service provider Uber was arrested here on Tuesday for allegedly molesting a woman passenger.
Assistant
Commissioner of Police Rajesh Singh said Vinod was taken into custody
after preliminary investigation revealed he had kissed the woman's hand
on Saturday night.
A case was registered on Monday. The driver
reached the Gurgaon Sector 56 police station on Tuesday morning after
police asked him to join the investigation.
"We questioned the
victim and the accused separately. After recording their statements, we
found that Vinod had kissed the victim's hand," Singh said.
Vinod is a resident of Shahbad Mohammadpur village in Dwarka in Delhi.
He has been charged with making physical contact and advances, involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures.
The accused, who joined Uber on May 4, will be produced before a court on Wednesday.
The
woman, who resides in Delhi's Rohini area, alleged that Vinod molested
her on Saturday night in Gurgaon's Suncity area when she got off the
taxi to go to a friend's house.
She said he kissed and molested her, and fled after she raised an alarm.
In
December, a 25-year-old Delhi based woman working in Gurgaon was raped
by a Uber cab driver in Delhi's Sarai Rohilla. The driver is in judicial
custody and facing trial.