Indian-origin Uber driver rapes passenger in Canada: report

September 18, 2015 22:29

An Indian-origin Uber driver has allegedly raped a 25-year-old in Canada, prompting police to seek public's help in tracing him.

The driver is known only as "Amritpal", the name under which he was listed in the Uber app.

Amritpal picked up the woman in the Yonge Street to drive her to her home near Lawrence Avenue on Tuesday, police said.

The woman was sexually assaulted in the vehicle around 1 am and reported the incident to police shortly after.

The woman was suffering from minor injuries. This is the first report of a sexual assault involving an Uber driver in the city, police was quoted as saying by National Post.

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