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Canada police hunt for Indian-origin cabbie for molesting woman
Toronto, Sep 18
Toronto police have sought
public help to identify an Indian-origin Uber cab driver who allegedly
sexually assaulted a woman, a media report said.
Listed as
Amritpal with the cab service company, he is described as a young man
between 26 and 30 years of age, short black spiked hair and a short
chin-strap beard, National Post newspaper reported on Thursday.
"This is the first report of a sexual assault involving an Uber driver in the city," police said.
A 25-year-old woman boarded Amritpal's cab from the Eglinton Avenue area, Toronto, for Lawrence Avenue on Tuesday night.
"The woman was sexually assaulted in the vehicle at around 1 a.m. local time," the police said.
She reported the incident to police shortly after and was suffering from minor injuries.
Meanwhile,
Uber spokesperson Xavier Van Chau said the vehicle service was
cooperating with police and the driver was immediately removed from the
platform, the daily reported.
"Upon learning of these disturbing
allegations, we immediately removed the driver from our platform and
have reached out to law enforcement to assist in any way that we can,"
Chau said.