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Delhi Uber driver accused of attempting molestation Delhi police hold Uber driver for 'harassment'
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Police in India are investigating a complaint from a passenger of the web-based taxi firm Uber that her driver tried to molest her. Police in India say they have arrested a driver of the web-based taxi firm Uber for allegedly molesting a female passenger.
The 21-year-old woman alleges the driver kissed her hand and "forcibly pulled me towards him". The 21-year-old woman alleges the driver kissed her hand and "forcibly pulled me towards him" near Delhi.
Uber said "immediate action" had been taken against the driver, although it did not specify what the action was. The arrest comes months after another Uber driver allegedly raped a passenger in Delhi. He denies the charge.
The incident comes months after one of the service's drivers allegedly raped another passenger. Uber, which enables customers to book taxis online, said it had suspended the driver after the latest complaint.
The police said they had identified the driver in the recent incident.
"Uber has a zero-tolerance policy towards inappropriate behaviour and immediate action has already been taken with the driver partner even while the matter is being thoroughly investigated," the company said in a statement."Uber has a zero-tolerance policy towards inappropriate behaviour and immediate action has already been taken with the driver partner even while the matter is being thoroughly investigated," the company said in a statement.
The woman told The Hindu newspaper that the incident happened on Sunday when she was getting dropped outside her friend's residence in Gurgaon. The woman told The Hindu newspaper that the incident happened on Sunday while she was being dropped outside her friend's residence in Gurgaon, south of the capital.
"The driver said that he was happy to have met me and offered to shake my hand at the end of the trip before kissing it and forcibly pulling me towards him.""The driver said that he was happy to have met me and offered to shake my hand at the end of the trip before kissing it and forcibly pulling me towards him."
She said she had not complained to the police immediately after the incident and deliberated over it for two days because she lacked faith "in the system".She said she had not complained to the police immediately after the incident and deliberated over it for two days because she lacked faith "in the system".
The police in Gurgaon said that a complaint has been registered in connection with the incident and that Uber officials "have been requested for the relevant information which has been supplied by them", the NDTV news channel reports. Gurgaon police chief Navdeep Singh Virk told the AFP news agency that the driver, a 40-year-old resident of Delhi, had been arrested on Tuesday on charges of sexual harassment.
In December, a 26-year-old woman in Delhi alleged that a driver of the the web-based taxi firm had driven her to a secluded area and raped her. In December, a 26-year-old woman alleged that an Uber driver had driven her to a secluded area of Delhi and raped her.
The driver, who denies the charges, is currently on trial on rape and kidnapping charges. The driver is currently on trial on rape and kidnapping charges.
Following the incident, authorities banned the service in Delhi for sometime. Following the incident, authorities accused Uber of failing to conduct adequate background checks on drivers and banned the service in Delhi for a number of weeks.
Uber, which enables customers to book and pay for taxis online, claims that it has strengthened ways it carries out background checks on drivers and improved safety measures. Uber claims that it has tightened the ways it carries out background checks on drivers and improved safety measures.