New Delhi: Few days after a Taekw-ondo trainer was arrested by the Delhi police for flashing and masturbating in front of two wom-en, a 24-year-old Uber driver was arrested for allegedly masturbating while ferrying a woman passenger in his cab.
The police said that the arrested, Shokeen Khan, was arrested later after he had fled the spot. The accused was not even carrying a licence and had allegedly produced his brother’s when asked to produce it. The incident occurred on the night of April 15 in Lutyens’ Delhi.
Probe reveals that a 40-year-old private company employee had booked the cab from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Barakhamba Road on Sunday. While sitting in the cab, she spotted the driver was staring at her and touching himself. The zip of his pant was open and he was continuously touching his private parts.
According to the complainant, initially, she ignored it but when he did not stop, she asked him to stop the vehicle near National Museum on Janpath Road. Soon after alighting from the vehicle, she dialled 100. The car driver, noticing this, fled with his vehicle,” the woman said in her complaint.
Uber, in a statement, said they were cooperating with the probe. “What’s been described is deplorable and something no one should ever go through. We’re working with local authorities to support their investigation and proceedings in any way possible,” a spokesperson of the cab aggregator said.
This is not the first time a cab driver has sexually harassed a female passenger. On March 12, a 22-year-old Uber driver was arrested for allegedly abducting and sexually harassing a woman after she boarded his cab in Haryana.
