INDIA-CRIME-RAPE-TRANSPORT-UBER(01 of28)
Open Image ModalIndian police escort Uber taxi driver and accused rapist Shiv Kumar Yadav (C) following his court appearance in New Delhi on December 8, 2014. Delhi\'s government on December 8 banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital after a passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, dealing a fresh blow to the reputation of online taxi service. The controversial US-based company has come in for heavy criticism in India since a young company executive said she had been raped by an Uber driver, who had previously been accused of assault. AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA (Photo credit should read Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHANDAN KHANNA via Getty Images)
INDIA-CRIME-RAPE-TRANSPORT-UBER(02 of28)
Open Image ModalIndian police escort Uber taxi driver and accused rapist Shiv Kumar Yadav (C) following his court appearance in New Delhi on December 8, 2014. Delhi\'s government on December 8 banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital after a passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, dealing a fresh blow to the reputation of online taxi service. The controversial US-based company has come in for heavy criticism in India since a young company executive said she had been raped by an Uber driver, who had previously been accused of assault. AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA (Photo credit should read Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHANDAN KHANNA via Getty Images)
INDIA-CRIME-RAPE-TRANSPORT-UBER(03 of28)
Open Image ModalIndian police escort Uber taxi driver and accused rapist Shiv Kumar Yadav (C) following his court appearance in New Delhi on December 8, 2014. Delhi\'s government on December 8 banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital after a passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, dealing a fresh blow to the reputation of online taxi service. The controversial US-based company has come in for heavy criticism in India since a young company executive said she had been raped by an Uber driver, who had previously been accused of assault. AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA (Photo credit should read Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHANDAN KHANNA via Getty Images)
INDIA-CRIME-RAPE-TRANSPORT-UBER(04 of28)
Open Image ModalAn Indian policewoman gestures as she and other police officials escort Uber taxi driver and accused rapist Shiv Kumar Yadav (C) following his court appearance in New Delhi on December 8, 2014. Delhi\'s government on December 8 banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital after a passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, dealing a fresh blow to the reputation of online taxi service. The controversial US-based company has come in for heavy criticism in India since a young company executive said she had been raped by an Uber driver, who had previously been accused of assault. AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA (Photo credit should read Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHANDAN KHANNA via Getty Images)
INDIA-CRIME-RAPE-TRANSPORT-UBER(05 of28)
Open Image ModalIndian police escort Uber taxi driver and accused rapist Shiv Kumar Yadav (C, in black) following his court appearance in New Delhi on December 8, 2014. Delhi\'s government on December 8 banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital after a passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, dealing a fresh blow to the reputation of online taxi service. The controversial US-based company has come in for heavy criticism in India since a young company executive said she had been raped by an Uber driver, who had previously been accused of assault. AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA (Photo credit should read Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHANDAN KHANNA via Getty Images)
INDIA-CRIME-RAPE-TRANSPORT-UBER(06 of28)
Open Image ModalIndian police escort Uber taxi driver and accused rapist Shiv Kumar Yadav (C) following his court appearance in New Delhi on December 8, 2014. Delhi\'s government on December 8 banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital after a passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, dealing a fresh blow to the reputation of online taxi service. The controversial US-based company has come in for heavy criticism in India since a young company executive said she had been raped by an Uber driver, who had previously been accused of assault. AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA (Photo credit should read Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHANDAN KHANNA via Getty Images)
INDIA-CRIME-RAPE-TRANSPORT-UBER(07 of28)
Open Image ModalIndian police escort Uber taxi driver and accused rapist Shiv Kumar Yadav following his court appearance in New Delhi on December 8, 2014. Delhi\'s government on December 8 banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital after a passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, dealing a fresh blow to the reputation of online taxi service. The controversial US-based company has come in for heavy criticism in India since a young company executive said she had been raped by an Uber driver, who had previously been accused of assault. AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA (Photo credit should read Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHANDAN KHANNA via Getty Images)
INDIA-CRIME-RAPE-TRANSPORT-UBER(08 of28)
Open Image ModalIndian police escort Uber taxi driver and accused rapist Shiv Kumar Yadav (C, in black) following his court appearance in New Delhi on December 8, 2014. Delhi\'s government on December 8 banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital after a passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, dealing a fresh blow to the reputation of online taxi service. The controversial US-based company has come in for heavy criticism in India since a young company executive said she had been raped by an Uber driver, who had previously been accused of assault. AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA (Photo credit should read Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHANDAN KHANNA via Getty Images)
INDIA-CRIME-RAPE-TRANSPORT-UBER(09 of28)
Open Image ModalIndian police escort Uber taxi driver and accused rapist Shiv Kumar Yadav (C) following his court appearance in New Delhi on December 8, 2014. Delhi\'s government on December 8 banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital after a passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, dealing a fresh blow to the reputation of online taxi service. The controversial US-based company has come in for heavy criticism in India since a young company executive said she had been raped by an Uber driver, who had previously been accused of assault. AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA (Photo credit should read Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHANDAN KHANNA via Getty Images)
INDIA-CRIME-RAPE-TRANSPORT-UBER(10 of28)
Open Image ModalIndian police escort Uber taxi driver and accused rapist Shiv Kumar Yadav (C, in black) following his court appearance in New Delhi on December 8, 2014. Delhi\'s government on December 8 banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital after a passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, dealing a fresh blow to the reputation of online taxi service. The controversial US-based company has come in for heavy criticism in India since a young company executive said she had been raped by an Uber driver, who had previously been accused of assault. AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA (Photo credit should read Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHANDAN KHANNA via Getty Images)
INDIA-CRIME-RAPE-TRANSPORT-UBER(11 of28)
Open Image ModalIndian police escort Uber taxi driver and accused rapist Shiv Kumar Yadav following his court appearance in New Delhi on December 8, 2014. Delhi\'s government on December 8 banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital after a passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, dealing a fresh blow to the reputation of online taxi service. The controversial US-based company has come in for heavy criticism in India since a young company executive said she had been raped by an Uber driver, who had previously been accused of assault. AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA (Photo credit should read Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHANDAN KHANNA via Getty Images)
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Protest Against Uber Rape(12 of28)
Open Image ModalNEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 7: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students\' Union (JNUSU) shout slogan against Delhi Police, hold protest against the shocking rape by UBER Cab Driver at PHQ ITO, on December 7, 2014 in New Delhi, India. A 27-year-old woman was allegedly raped by the driver of the cab she had hired through Uber to return home from a dinner party in Gurgaon on Friday night. The incident took place at around 9:30 pm when the woman, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon, was headed back to her home in north Delhi\'s Inderlok area. A rape case has been registered against the accused Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32 at Sarai Rohilla police station under Sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Protest Against Uber Rape(13 of28)
Open Image ModalNEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 7: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students\' Union (JNUSU) shout slogan against Delhi Police, hold protest against the shocking rape by UBER Cab Driver at PHQ ITO, on December 7, 2014 in New Delhi, India. A 27-year-old woman was allegedly raped by the driver of the cab she had hired through Uber to return home from a dinner party in Gurgaon on Friday night. The incident took place at around 9:30 pm when the woman, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon, was headed back to her home in north Delhi\'s Inderlok area. A rape case has been registered against the accused Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32 at Sarai Rohilla police station under Sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Protest Against Uber Rape(14 of28)
Open Image ModalNEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 7: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students\' Union (JNUSU) shout slogan against Delhi Police, hold protest against the shocking rape by UBER Cab Driver at PHQ ITO, on December 7, 2014 in New Delhi, India. A 27-year-old woman was allegedly raped by the driver of the cab she had hired through Uber to return home from a dinner party in Gurgaon on Friday night. The incident took place at around 9:30 pm when the woman, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon, was headed back to her home in north Delhi\'s Inderlok area. A rape case has been registered against the accused Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32 at Sarai Rohilla police station under Sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Protest Against Uber Rape(15 of28)
Open Image ModalNEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 7: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students\' Union (JNUSU) shout slogan against Delhi Police, hold protest against the shocking rape by UBER Cab Driver at PHQ ITO, on December 7, 2014 in New Delhi, India. A 27-year-old woman was allegedly raped by the driver of the cab she had hired through Uber to return home from a dinner party in Gurgaon on Friday night. The incident took place at around 9:30 pm when the woman, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon, was headed back to her home in north Delhi\'s Inderlok area. A rape case has been registered against the accused Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32 at Sarai Rohilla police station under Sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Protest Against Uber Rape(16 of28)
Open Image ModalNEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 7: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students\' Union (JNUSU) shout slogan against Delhi Police, hold protest against the shocking rape by UBER Cab Driver at PHQ ITO, on December 7, 2014 in New Delhi, India. A 27-year-old woman was allegedly raped by the driver of the cab she had hired through Uber to return home from a dinner party in Gurgaon on Friday night. The incident took place at around 9:30 pm when the woman, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon, was headed back to her home in north Delhi\'s Inderlok area. A rape case has been registered against the accused Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32 at Sarai Rohilla police station under Sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Protest Against Uber Rape(17 of28)
Open Image ModalNEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 7: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students\' Union (JNUSU) shout slogan against Delhi Police, hold protest against the shocking rape by UBER Cab Driver at PHQ ITO, on December 7, 2014 in New Delhi, India. A 27-year-old woman was allegedly raped by the driver of the cab she had hired through Uber to return home from a dinner party in Gurgaon on Friday night. The incident took place at around 9:30 pm when the woman, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon, was headed back to her home in north Delhi\'s Inderlok area. A rape case has been registered against the accused Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32 at Sarai Rohilla police station under Sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Protest Against Uber Rape(18 of28)
Open Image ModalNEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 7: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students\' Union (JNUSU) shout slogan against Delhi Police, hold protest against the shocking rape by UBER Cab Driver at PHQ ITO, on December 7, 2014 in New Delhi, India. A 27-year-old woman was allegedly raped by the driver of the cab she had hired through Uber to return home from a dinner party in Gurgaon on Friday night. The incident took place at around 9:30 pm when the woman, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon, was headed back to her home in north Delhi\'s Inderlok area. A rape case has been registered against the accused Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32 at Sarai Rohilla police station under Sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Protest Against Uber Rape(19 of28)
Open Image ModalNEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 7: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students\' Union (JNUSU) shout slogan against Delhi Police, hold protest against the shocking rape by UBER Cab Driver at PHQ ITO, on December 7, 2014 in New Delhi, India. A 27-year-old woman was allegedly raped by the driver of the cab she had hired through Uber to return home from a dinner party in Gurgaon on Friday night. The incident took place at around 9:30 pm when the woman, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon, was headed back to her home in north Delhi\'s Inderlok area. A rape case has been registered against the accused Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32 at Sarai Rohilla police station under Sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Protest Against Uber Rape(20 of28)
Open Image ModalNEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 7: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students\' Union (JNUSU) shout slogan against Delhi Police, hold protest against the shocking rape by UBER Cab Driver at PHQ ITO, on December 7, 2014 in New Delhi, India. A 27-year-old woman was allegedly raped by the driver of the cab she had hired through Uber to return home from a dinner party in Gurgaon on Friday night. The incident took place at around 9:30 pm when the woman, who works for a finance company in Gurgaon, was headed back to her home in north Delhi\'s Inderlok area. A rape case has been registered against the accused Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32 at Sarai Rohilla police station under Sections 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Uber Head Of Asia Operations Address Media On Delhi Rape Case(21 of28)
Open Image ModalNEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 9: Allen Penn, Ubers head of Asia operations talking with media persons regarding Uber cab rape case the on December 9, 2014 in New Delhi, India. Cab booking service Uber refuted allegations that it does not track its on-duty cabs and revealed that it had GPS data of the taxi ride during which a 25-year-old financial analyst was allegedly raped by the cabbie on night. The company operates in around 10 Indian cities. India ordered state governments to halt the operations of all unregistered, web-based taxi companies. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
INDIA-CRIME-RAPE-TRANSPORT-UBER(22 of28)
Open Image ModalIndian Uber Cabs General Manager for Delhi Gagan Bhatia (R) meets with the Chairperson of the Delhi Woman Commission Barkha Shukla Singh in New Delhi on December 9, 2014. Delhi\'s government on December 8 banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital after a passenger accused one of its drivers of rape, dealing a fresh blow to the reputation of online taxi service. The controversial US-based company has come in for heavy criticism in India since a young company executive said she had been raped by an Uber driver, who had previously been accused of assault. AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA (Photo credit should read Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:CHANDAN KHANNA via Getty Images)
AAP Protest Against Rape By A Uber Cab Driver(23 of28)
Open Image ModalNEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 8: Supporters of Aam Aadmi Party shout slogans as they participate in a candle light vigil during a protest against the rape of a female passenger on December 8, 2014 in New Delhi, India. A 32-year-old Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav is accused of raping the 25-year-old working woman in Delhi Friday night. The incident took place when the woman hired the Uber taxi from Vasant Vihar in south Delhi to go home Friday night. (Photo by Subrata Biswas/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
AAP Protest Against Rape By A Uber Cab Driver(24 of28)
Open Image ModalNEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 8: Supporters of Aam Aadmi Party shout slogans as they participate in a candle light vigil during a protest against the rape of a female passenger on December 8, 2014 in New Delhi, India. A 32-year-old Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav is accused of raping the 25-year-old working woman in Delhi Friday night. The incident took place when the woman hired the Uber taxi from Vasant Vihar in south Delhi to go home Friday night. (Photo by Subrata Biswas/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
AIDWA Activists Protest Against Rape By A Uber Cab Driver(25 of28)
Open Image ModalNEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 8: AIDWA women Activists protesting against rape of a 25-year woman by a taxi driver of an Uber taxi at Delhi Police HQ on December 8, 2014 in New Delhi, India. A 32-year-old Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav is accused of raping the 25-year-old working woman in Delhi Friday night. The incident took place when the woman hired the Uber taxi from Vasant Vihar in south Delhi to go home Friday night. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
AIDWA Activists Protest Against Rape By A Uber Cab Driver(26 of28)
Open Image ModalNEW DELHI, INDIA - DECEMBER 8: CPI-M leader Brinda Karat during a protest after a woman was allegedly raped by a Uber taxi driver at Delhi Police HQ on December 8, 2014 in New Delhi, India. A 32-year-old Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav is accused of raping the 25-year-old working woman in Delhi Friday night. The incident took place when the woman hired the Uber taxi from Vasant Vihar in south Delhi to go home Friday night. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Uber Cab Rape Case: Accused Sent To Three Day Police Remand(27 of28)
Open Image ModalNEW DELHI, INDIA DECEMBER 8: Police escort Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav (C, in black) who is accused of raping a woman, following his court appearance at the Tis Hazari court on December 8, 2014 in New Delhi, India. Shiv Kumar Yadav was remanded in custody for three days while police investigates the case. Delhi government banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital for failing to do background check on Shiv Kumar, who had previously been accused of assault. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Uber Cab Rape Case: Accused Sent To Three Day Police Remand(28 of28)
Open Image ModalNEW DELHI, INDIA DECEMBER 8: Police escort Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav (C, in black) who is accused of raping a woman, following his court appearance at the Tis Hazari court on December 8, 2014 in New Delhi, India. Shiv Kumar Yadav was remanded in custody for three days while police investigates the case. Delhi government banned Uber from operating in the Indian capital for failing to do background check on Shiv Kumar, who had previously been accused of assault. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)