Actress
Sonam
Kapoor
has
strongly
condemned
the
recent
sexual
assault
on
a
young
woman
by
a
taxi
driver
in
the
capital
and
said
that
Mumbai
is
safer
than
Delhi
for
women.
A
25-year-old
woman
was
allegedly
raped
by
an
Uber
cab
driver
Friday
night
after
she
took
the
cab
around
9.30
p.m.
from
Vasant
Vihar
area
in
New
Delhi.
"It's
an
awful
thing
to
have
happened.
Women
are
generally
not
safe
in
Delhi
as
compared
to
Mumbai," Sonam
said
here
Tuesday
at
the
DVD
launch
of
her
film
Khoobsurat.
Reacting
on
Delhi
government's
decision
to
ban
"all
activities"
by
Uber
company
in
the
national
capital,
Sonam
said:
"Honestly,
it's
not
the
fault
of
the
cab
company.
It's
fault
of
a
government
in
a
lot
of
ways
because
they
have
given
a
character
certificate
to
the
cab
driver".
"So
the
punishment
and
the
rules
have
to
be
more
stringent
from
government's
side.
Are
you
saying
that
if
rape
takes
place
in
a
public
transport
vehicle,
they
are
going
to
ban
public
transport?
"I
think
it
works
either
way.
Neeyat
insan
ki
change
honi
chahiye
(mentality
of
a
person
should
change).
You
can't
ban
things," she
added.