Terrifying Noida Uber Chase: Family Held Hostage as Driver Flees Police, Despite Child’s Cries

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:36am on 17 Aug 2025,Sunday India

A viral video shows a family—husband, wife, and their young daughter—travelling from Noida to Delhi in an Uber cab when police signalled them to stop at a routine checkpoint near Parthala Bridge. With incomplete documents, the driver sped off instead, ignoring the family's desperate pleas to stop. During the reckless chase, the cab collided with another vehicle, causing minor injuries to the wife. The family finally escaped when the car stopped near Sector 66. The driver, identified as "Nasim" (alias Sonu), was later arrested and charged with multiple offenses including rash driving, kidnapping, forgery, and wrongful confinement. Over ₹29,000 in fines were issued, the vehicle was seized, and Uber removed him from its platform. 

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