Journalism of Courage
Uber General Manager Gagan Bhatia, who claims to be the in-charge of the company's India operations, meets DCW chairperson Bharkha Shukla Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday. The company was banned from operating in the city by Delhi government. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
Prima facie it has emerged that the company had not formulated procedures to honor the promise of a safe service it advertised about and which people, especially women trust while traveling with them at odd hours. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
US-based cab booking firm Uber, which is under scrutiny in connection with a rape case, has a total of 4,000 drivers on its roll but it did not have any idea whether they have police verification or posses mandatory Public Service Vehicle (PSV) badge. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
Ridge road along with nallah, where an Uber cab driver has allegedly raped a female passenger in Sarai Rohilla area on December 8. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
A girl sits next to the candles after a candle light march, days after the rape by Uber Cab driver, at Jantar mantar in New Delhi. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
Ten days before Shiv Kumar Yadav allegedly raped a 27-year-old woman executive in his cab in Delhi, Uber had been warned about him. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
A US-based Indian posted on Twitter Tuesday that she had complained to the taxi service provider about Yadav during a trip in Delhi on November 26. She also said that she found Yadav staring at her and smiling “a little creepily”, which made her feel “quite uncomfortable.” (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
The driver was arrested in another rape case in his home district of Mainpuri in April 2013, and was currently out on bail. In fact, he has been named in at least eight different cases at two police stations here, including molestation, theft, chain snatching and two cases under the Uttar Pradesh Goonda Act, all of which are pending trial. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)
Following a ban on the Uber cab service by the Delhi Government, the Mumbai Traffic Police steps up checks in the city , penalizing radio cab drivers for not adhering to norms. (Source: Express photo by Pradeep Kocharekar)
