New Delhi, June 25 -- The 29-year-old cab driver arrested for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl sleeping on a footpath near Chhattarpur earlier this week was registered with three major cab aggregators for nearly two years despite having been booked in five criminal cases in Bihar, including for sexual assault and attempt to murder, at least three police officers associated with the probe said on Wednesday.

The officers cited above said the accused, Bashu Kumar Singh, was associated three of biggest cab aggregators and had continued ferrying passengers in NCR despite his criminal record in his home district of Khagaria in Bihar between 2015 and 2022. On Monday, hours after he had killed and raped the minor girl, he lo...