Uber cabbie arrested for abusing woman

GURGAON :A driver working with cab aggregator Uber was held on Friday for allegedly abusing a 27-year-old employee of a multinational bank over the phone.

Accused Jumran had abused the woman on Wednesday night when she cancelled the ride twice, suspecting the driver’s behaviour. She had called the PCR and lodged a formal complaint at Sushant Lok police station on Thursday, following which police arrested Jumran from Ghaziabad.

SHO Gourav Phogat said Jumran is being brought to Gurgaon. He lives in Sriniwaspuri in Delhi.

“A police team tracked him through the location of his mobile phone,” he said. Accused was booked under Sections 506 and 509 of the IPC. An Uber representative said the driver has been “permanently removed.”

The woman told police that she had booked an Uber cab on Wednesday night from her office in DLF 5 to Sector 15.

Soon after booking , victim got a call from the cab driver during which she overheard two people talking to each other and got suspicious. She cancelled the ride and made another booking but it was again assigned to the same cab. She cancelled the booking again and made a third booking.

A few moments later she got a call from an ‘infuriated Jumran.’ “During the 40-seconds call, he abused me and used vulgar language. I was shocked and snapped the call. I informed the police control room, an official asked me to contact police station,” the victim told HT.