Chicago Muslim Uber driver, 44, 'locked 19-year-old female passenger in his car and demanded sex in lieu of fare'

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An Uber driver from Chicago has been arrested on charges of unlawful restrain after police say he locked a teenage passenger in his car and demanded she pay him for the ride with sex.

Muhammad Fahim, 44, was ordered held on $100,000 bail on Saturday in connection to the July 4 incident.
Fahim was pulled over by police for a traffic violation while driving along North Dearborn Street last Thursday evening.

When responding officers ran his name through their system, they discovered the incident report involving Fahim’s female passenger and charged him with three counts of unlawful restraint.

According to the report, first cited by the Chicago Tribune, on July 4, the 19-year-old woman requested an Uber through the ride-sharing app, but her request somehow got deleted, so the passenger offered to pay Fahim in cash.
The driver, instead, demanded that the passenger have sex with him, according to prosecutors.


When the woman turned him down, Fahim allegedly locked the doors of his car and refused to let the rider out until she yielded.

Some time later, when the Uber car slowed down in traffic, the passenger was able to escape by jumping out of the moving vehicle. It appears she suffered no injuries.

A spokesperson for Uber called the passenger's allegations against the driver 'troubling' and said Fahim's account with the ride-sharing service has now been deactivated.