Summary The driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav, has pleaded not guilty.
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Uber sent an email promoting its return to New Delhi to a woman allegedly raped by one of its drivers, her lawyer has revealed, saying he had "no confidence" in the company s new safety measures.
The Delhi city government banned Uber last month after a female passenger said she was raped, accusing the web-based firm of failing to perform adequate background checks on its drivers.
On Friday, Uber said it had applied for a licence to resume operations in the city and was now only using "driver-partners who have undergone re-verification of their police clearance in the last six weeks".
Lawyer Douglas Wigdor criticised the company s "audacity" in including his client among former customers who were sent an email saying: "We re back, to serve you".
He said he had made it clear the alleged victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, "wanted to be part of a consultation process regarding safety procedures to ensure that no other person becomes a victim".
"Most unfortunately, this has not happened and we have no confidence that the touted India-specific safety measures will prevent another attack," Wigdor said in a statement emailed to AFP late Friday.
The driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav, has pleaded not guilty.
The case once again raised the issue of women s safety in India and particularly in Delhi, which has been dubbed the "rape capital" after a string of high-profile assaults.
The fatal gang-rape of a medical student on a bus in Delhi triggered mass protests in December 2012, prompting India to tighten its laws on sex crimes
