The Delhi Police arrested a 24-year-old Uber driver for allegedly masturbating in front of a passenger, The Indian Express reported on Wednesday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Madhur Verma said the accused driver, identified as Shakeen Khan, also had a fake licence.
The incident took place on April 15, and Khan was arrested the same day.
The 40-year-old complainant told the police that she booked the cab from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Barakhamba Road, NDTV reported. “We were near the National Museum on Janpath Road when I noticed that the driver was masturbating,” she said. “The zip of his pant was open and he was continuously touching his private parts.”
The driver fled when the woman got down from the car and called the police. The complainant provided police officer Vijaypal Dahiya, who was patrolling the area, with the driver’s car registration number and phone number. Dahiya managed to track down Khan after a kilometre’s chase, the police said.
Khan was produced before a local court that sent him to police custody.
The police said Uber had blocked the driver’s licence after he refused to take a passenger to his destination last year.
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