Uber rape case: Accused driver sent to police custody for 2 days

New Delhi: A court in Delhi on Wednesday sent the taxi driver accused of raping a woman to two days’ police custody in a case of forgery of documents, police said. Shiv Kumar Yadav, the 32-year-old driver of banned online cab booking service Uber, was lodged in Tihar jail. He allegedly raped a 25-year-old working woman in his cab on 5 December, while she was on her way home in north Delhi. [caption id=“attachment_1847881” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Shiv Kumar Yadav, the Uber driver. AFP.[/caption] He was arrested on 7 December and sent to Tihar jail after three days in police custody. On 11 December, a Delhi metropolitan magistrate sent Yadav to judicial custody till 24 December after police said he was not required for further custodial interrogation in the rape case. During investigation, it was found that Yadav, a serial offender, had submitted forged documents to Buradi Transport Authority to procure all India tourist permit. Yadav was booked for cheating as well. IANS