New Delhi:
A woman in Delhi was raped on Friday by a taxi driver who is now missing. Police sources say the man was a driver with Uber, the popular app that supplies taxis to users.
The company issued a statement on the incident:Our thoughts are with the victim of this terrible crime and we are working with the police as they investigate. We will assist them in any way we can. It is also our policy to immediately suspend a driver's account following allegations of a serious incident, which we have done.
Safety is Uber's highest priority and in India, we work with licensed driver-partners to provide a safe transportation option, with layers of safeguards such as driver and vehicle information, and ETA-sharing to ensure there is accountability and traceability of all trips that occur on the Uber platform.