According to reports, additional DCP southeast Delhi police had issued a character certificate to Shiv Kumar Yadav in August 2014.
It was revealed during initial investigations that Yadav had spent seven months in jail in a rape case which was filed against him in south Delhi's Mehrauli area in 2011.
The criminal record of the driver was not kept in mind while issuing the certificate, even though he was acquitted.
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Meanwhile, Delhi government banned all operations by private cab service Uber with immediate effect and blacklisted it from providing any transport service in the national capital in the wake of the alleged rape incident in a taxi plying for it.
"The transport department has banned all activities related to providing of any transport service by www.uber.com with immediate effect. The department has also blacklisted the company from providing any transport service in the NCT of Delhi in future," the Delhi government said in a statement.
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It said the transport department has cancelled the permit and registration certificate of the taxi (DL1YD 7910) and driving licence of the accused.
According to the department, the taxi permit was granted on May 28, 2014, after due verification of character and antecedents of the permit holder. Government said that Uber, the US-based cab firm, misled the commuter (rape victim) about the nature of the taxi service offered by its App.
Certificate issued by Delhi police to the cab driver. (Source: Twitter/Times Now)
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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick issued a statement earlier today saying that the company will do everything to help bring this perpetrator to justice.
"Our thoughts are with the victim of this terrible crime and we are working with the police as they investigate," Uber said in the statement.
(With inputs from PTI)
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