Shiv Kumar Yadav believes he is something of a female magnet. Accused of serial rape — the latest being that of a 25-year-old executive in his Uber cab — he has told police interrogators that women naturally succumb to his charm. When they are not offering him sexual favours in exchange for cash or a free ride in his cab.
The 32-year-old, 5-feet-6-inches, 60-kg man has certainly made a big impression on the Delhi Police. Hardened interrogators are surprised at the extent of delusion of this unremarkable-looking man, his obsession with sex, and his consummate urge to lie and mislead. The police on Thursday said they would add Yadav to the list of repeat sexual offenders. A city court sent him to 14 day judicial custody.
His mobile phones are apparently packed with porn, the glove compartment of his cab well-stocked with contraceptives. Yadav ran his cab service mostly at night, waiting for customers — especially women — outside malls, cinema halls, restaurants and pubs. He would take special interest in lurking around pubs and bars, hoping for women to come out and hire his cab, too buzzed to resist his advances.
He also frequently offered a ride to sex workers late in the night, the police told HT, his favourite hunting ground being MG Road in Gurgaon. The ride would not be entirely free; he asked for sexual favours in return. Yadav has gone on to effectively use this sex-for-money trope to wriggle out of a 2011 rape charge, and is trying it in the current case as well.
Yadav has apparently told his interrogators that he first had sex when he was 14 with a girl from his village in UP’s Mainpuri. He went on to marry his elder brother’s widow — a brother who supposedly was the only one who could discipline him a bit — and has two daughters from her and a stepson. The police are convinced that Yadav is a liar and dodger par excellence. He has two driving licences, one obviously illegal. He said he owned only one phone, but the police have recovered two more.
