Uber driver charged with kidnapping, assault of woman in Canada

24-year-old was arrested on Monday


Reuters May 24, 2017
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TORONTO: An Uber driver was arrested in Toronto on kidnapping and assault charges after an 18-year-old woman told police she escaped his car after he made unwanted advances and then refused to let her out of the vehicle, Canadian authorities said on Tuesday.

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Sukhbaj Singh, 24, was arrested on Monday, a day after the woman reported the incident in Toronto. The woman was not identified by authorities.

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Representatives of Uber Technologies Inc did not respond to requests for comment. Singh could not be reached.

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