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Delhi Court Frames Charges Against Uber Cab Driver

Delhi Court Frames Charges Against Uber Cab Driver
NEW 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)
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NEW 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)

A Delhi court has framed charges of rape, kidnapping and criminal intimidation against the Uber cab driver accused of raping a 25-yr-old woman in December.

The survivor, who got into the cab around 11 pm on Friday night to travel from Vasant Vihar in south Delhi to her residence in north Delhi, was allegedly raped by Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32, who took her to a desolate spot after noticing that she had fallen sleep.

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