Uber driver charged raping passenger after cops stopped their car

An Uber driver from Boston has appeared in court on charges he raped a passenger.

Ranjan Thapa, 26, of Everett, was arrested in the South End of the city shortly after 1am on Sunday.

Boston police were met by Northeastern University police officers who had stopped Thapa after noticing that a female passenger in the rear of his car, who hired him to drive her home, appeared to be distressed.

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