印度司機強姦乘客 Uber或同遭起訴

NEW DELHI — A woman was raped late Friday by a driver for Uber, the hail-a-ride service, who diverted from the intended route and switched off his cellphone so that he was untraceable during the ride, police officials in New Delhi said.

新德里——新德里的警察表示，週五夜間，一名女子遭Uber司機強姦。Uber是一個用車服務公司。這名司機從預定路線改道，並關掉了手機，所以無法在行駛過程中對他進行追蹤。

The authorities arrested the accused driver, identified as Shiv Kumar Yadav, 32, on Sunday evening in his native city, around 90 miles southeast of New Delhi. Officials intend to bring civil or criminal charges against the ride-sharing service, said Madhur Verma, the deputy commissioner of the police for the northern district of New Delhi.

現已確定，這名司機是32歲的希夫·庫馬爾·亞達夫(Shiv Kumar Yadav)。週日晚間，官方在他家鄉所在的城市將其逮捕，這裏位於新德里東南方向約90英里（約合145公里）。新德里北部地區的警察局副局長馬德胡爾·維爾馬(Madhur Verma)表示，官方打算對這個搭車服務公司提起民事或刑事指控。

The woman, 26, who works at a finance company, was returning from a dinner engagement and used the mobile app for Uber to hail a car to drive her home to Gurgaon, outside New Delhi, Mr. Verma said. The rape case was reported to the police about 1:25 a.m. on Saturday. Mr. Verma said the woman had been physically examined and showed signs of a “fierce sexual assault and rape.”

維爾馬說，遭強姦的女子今年26歲，在一家金融公司工作。當時，她剛剛結束一個晚餐約會，然後用Uber的移動應用叫了一輛車送她回家，她家位於新德里之外的古爾岡。週六凌晨1點25分，警方接到報案。維爾馬稱，該女子已接受身體檢查，結果顯示，她遭到了“猛烈的性侵犯和強姦”。

The police in Delhi said Mr. Yadav, who migrated to the capital from the neighboring state of Uttar Pradesh, lived in a rented one-room house and had no criminal history.

德里警方表示，亞達夫是從旁邊的北方邦搬來新德里的，他住在一間租來的一居室裏，沒有犯罪記錄。

In a public statement, Uber said it had suspended the driver’s account.

Uber在公開聲明中表示，它已暫時關閉了亞達夫的賬戶。

“Our thoughts are with the victim of this terrible crime, and we are working with the police as they investigate. We will assist them in any way we can,” said the statement, which was posted on Uber’s blog.

發佈在Uber博客上的聲明稱，“我們的心與這個可怕罪行的受害者在一起，我們正在配合警方調查。我們將竭盡所能地爲他們提供協助。”

Mr. Verma said Uber could face civil or criminal charges.

維爾馬錶示，Uber可能面臨着民事或刑事指控。

Evelyn Tay, a spokeswoman for the company, said that in India, Uber works “with licensed driver-partners to provide a safe transportation option, with layers of safeguards such as driver and vehicle information” to ensure “accountability and traceability of all trips that occur on the Uber platform.”

該公司女發言人埃韋林·塔伊(Evelyn Tay)稱，在印度，“爲了給乘客提供一種安全的交通選擇”，Uber的合作伙伴“都是獲得許可的司機，而且還擁有司機或車輛信息等多層保護措施”，以保證“Uber平臺上所有行程的可靠性和可追蹤性”。

According to Mr. Verma, the woman fell asleep during the ride. When she awoke, she found that the driver had taken her to a secluded area. He then stopped the car and assaulted her. Mr. Verma said the driver threatened to kill the woman if she reported the assault to the police, and then drove her home.

維爾馬稱，這名女子在乘車過程中睡着了。當她醒來時，發現司機已經把她帶到了一處僻靜的地方。然後，他停下車，侵犯了她。維爾馬說，這名司機曾威脅這名女子，如果向警方報案，就殺了她。隨後，他開車把她送回了家。

“She was alert and smart enough to get a picture of the cab with the number plate on her mobile,” Mr. Verma said.

維爾馬說，“她很機警，也足夠聰明，用手機給這輛車拍了照，照片顯示了車牌號。”