India, Dec. 3 -- Three days after a 49-year-old woman died when a truck hit the Uber bike taxi she was travelling on, the police have registered a case against the directors of the ride-sharing company for allegedly allowing the use of a private vehicle for commercial operations.

"We have registered the case against unknown directors of Uber India Systems Private Limited," said a police officer from the Navghar police station. "The complainant is Ravindra Gawade, motor vehicle inspector with the Wadala regional transport office (RTO)."

The accident occurred around 11 am on Saturday. Shubhangi Magare, a resident of Mulund, was on her way to Matunga on a bike taxi driven by Ganesh Madhav. "When they reached the Airoli bridge, a cement-mix...