NSA Ajit Doval seeks information on Uber case; to brief PM Modi

NEW DELHI: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday sought details of the progress made by the Police in the Uber case. Doval has sought a detailed report from the Delhi Police commissioner, BS Bassi, about the case, reported Times Now.

According to Times Now, Doval is likely to brief Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the case as well. He has to brief the PM, who, although campaigning in Jharkhand currently, has said he wants to be on top of the situation.

Officials of Uber will be questioned by police in connection with the alleged rape of a 27-year-old finance company executive by its driver.

Meanwhile, the Home Ministry has advised all states to stop operations of Uber and public be advised not to hire any transport service provided by web-based taxi service providers like Uber. A communique was sent to the Chief Secretaries, Home Secretaries, Police Chiefs and the Transport Secretaries of all states on Monday night by the Union Home Ministry.

Delhi Police has also registered an FIR against Uber Cabs on charges of cheating its customers and disobeying a government order. Senior Uber executives will be questioned now. Charges are likely to be filed before the end of this month, Delhi Police said. Home Ministry officials told ET that Delhi Police has been told to ask Uber to shut down its mobile application which is used by passengers to book taxis and Uber will also be asked to hand over its database of drivers and taxis that are enrolled with it to stop them from plying in the national capital.

As of now, the mobile applications of services like Uber, Ola and Taxi For Sure are still running though the Delhi Government prohibited all of them from functioning on Monday.

Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi told ET that police will also ensure that the police verification is now done of all drivers associated with the licensed radio cabs to ensure safety of women. Licensed radio cabs are mandated under the rules to get the antecedents of their drivers verified from the police and police will now check if this has been complied with. "We will bind all commercial drivers under the CrPC to get their antecedents verified from the police," Bassi told ET.

(With inputs from ET Bureau)