Uber cab service banned in Delhi

Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has condemned the incident and spoke on the issue in the Parliament.

He called the incident as ' extremely unfortunate'.

"I rise to report an extremely unfortunate incident of sexual assault on a young woman in the night intervening 5/6.12.2014. The Government of India strongly condemns this dastardly act. It will be ensured that all necessary steps are taken to bring the offender to justice. On 5.12.14 during late evening hours, a 26 year old woman (name withheld for privacy and legal reasons) had hired a taxi through the online cab service ‘UBER’ at around 10.30 PM for going from Vasant Vihar area to Inder Lok in the jurisdiction of PS Sarai Rohilla, North District. The woman works in Gurgaon and after her office hours she had come to Vasant Vihar with some friends," Singh said in the Parliament.

"The woman reported that while sitting in the taxi, she dozed off for a while and then suddenly realized that the taxi was parked at an isolated place and the driver was trying to molest her on the back seat. She tried to raise an alarm but the driver threatened her of physical injury and then she was sexually assaulted in the car. After committing the crime the driver dropped her at her home at around 1 AM and threatened her again not to disclose about the incident to anyone," he said.

"As soon as information was received by the police, a case was registered vide FIR No. 1291/14 dated 6.12.14, U/S 376/323/506 IPC PS Sarai Rohilla. Immediately police teams were formed to identify and locate the culprit. The woman was sent for medical examination and she was also counselled by an NGO volunteer authorized by Delhi Commission for Women," Singh said.

"Following the clues at hand and through painstaking investigation, the culprit driver was zeroed down as one person from Mathura, owner of the vehicle Swift Desire No. DL-1YD 7910. He has this vehicle registered with Uber Cab Service. The Vehicle used in the crime has been found and brought to Delhi where it will be subjected to thorough forensic examination," he said.

Aam Aadmi Party workers on the same day protested outside Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's residence here over the rape a woman passenger in Delhi by a Uber cab driver last week.

The members of Congress-backed National Students Union of India (NSUI) also protested against the minister's house later.

The police have reportedly detained several Aam Aadmi Party and NSUI workers.

The Uber cab service driver, who was arrested for raping a 25-year-old woman passenger in the national capital, has been sent to a three-day police custody for interrogation by a Delhi court.

The accused, identified as Shiv Kumar Yadav, was produced in court on Monday.