Delhi government bans Uber after alleged rape

Farhan Abro December 8, 2014

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi city government said Monday it has banned Uber after a passenger accused one of the online taxi service’s drivers of raping her.

“(The) Transport Department has banned all activities relating to providing any transport service by the www.Uber.com with immediate effect,” the government of the Indian capital said in a statement.

A woman in India had said she was raped by a taxi driver after booking the cab using the popular Uber smartphone app.

The 26-year-old from Delhi told police she dozed off in the taxi and when she woke up the vehicle was parked in a secluded part of the capital.

Police said a medical examination had backed up her allegation. The driver of the taxi was arrested on Sunday. – AFP

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Farhan Abro December 8, 2014

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Farhan Abro

Hello! My name is Farhan Abro, and I'm based here in Islamabad. My journey in Pakistan's digital media really kicked off when I founded INCPak back in 2012. We built it from the ground up, driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, to be a trusted voice for independent journalism. But while media is a big part of who I am, I'm also shaped by a fascinating mix of other passions. I'm deeply into automotive, which gives me a technical edge, but I also find my artistic expression through landscape photography and music. And I'm always diving into the exciting world of Artificial Intelligence. Bringing all these different worlds together the technical, the creative, the journalistic, and the entrepreneurial—it really colors how I see things and approach every project. It gives me a distinct perspective that I try to bring to everything I share