The international rental taxi chain, Uber, on Tuesday acknowledged serious lapses on their part, which had led to the rape of a 27-year-old finance executive allegedly by its driver as the business head of Uber Asia appeared before the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Tuesday .
The Commission had issued a notice and summoned the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Uber over the rape incident. “Eric Alexander, head of business at Uber Asia along with the General Manager today came to our office and acknowledged that there were severe lapses on their part which led to such an unfortunate incident and said that they will abide by all the guidelines and work in tandem with DCW,” chairperson of DCW, Barkha Shukla Singh said.
Shukla said that the company violated on several legal norms like not having GPS, hiring cab drivers without verification and running the service not complying to the Delhi Govern-ment guidelines. “The senior officials of Uber also told us that the money paid by the customer using credit cards would be deposited in a bank in America.
“They have realised their fault and are ready to follow our suggestions,” said Singh. She further said that the DCW will launch a campaign to sensitise the firms that provide cab services in the city to prevent such untoward incidents in future. Radio Taxi, were introduced in 2006. Meru, Easycab, these taxi providers are working under certain conditions laid down under the Radio Taxi policy of 2006.