Gurugram Police Arrest Man After Uber Fare Dispute Allegation

Gurugram Police arrested a 26-year-old man after registering a first information report on their own initiative in response to Tanisha Sharma’s social-media account of a fare dispute with an Uber driver that she said escalated into intimidation. Uber said it had removed the driver’s access to its app and would assist law enforcement. Sharma said she booked an Uber from Delhi airport to her home in Gurugram in the early hours of the morning. Her post said the app showed a fare of about Rs 625, but the driver demanded Rs 1,479 after showing her a screenshot of a Rapido fare quote for the route. She said she had already paid the amount shown in the Uber app. According to Sharma’s account, the driver then locked the car and would not let her retrieve her luggage unless she paid the higher amount. She alleged he held her arm and shut a window as she tried to take her belongings. After she got her luggage and headed toward her home, she said, the driver followed her, abused her, tried to climb the gate and threatened her. The allegations were described in Sharma’s post and have not been independently established in the reports. She also said Uber’s safety-support option was...