Uber Rape Case: Cab driver convicted, Sentencing on Oct 23

New Delhi, Oct 20: Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav was convicted by a court here on Tuesday for raping a woman executive on the night of December 5, 2014, in his taxi she hired to head back home in Delhi’s Inderlok area.

Police said Yadav drove the woman to an isolated place and raped her. Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja held Yadav guilty of rape and other charges. The court had on January 13 framed charges of rape, causing grievous bodily harm and endangering the life of a woman, besides other charges, against Yadav.