Alberta Uber driver accused of sexually assaulting female passenger

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A Lethbridge Uber driver is accused of sexually assaulting a young woman he was tasked with driving home.

The victim, a 20-year-old, says she booked an Uber in the early morning hours of Sunday, Nov. 9. 2025.

After being picked up at a southside business, it’s alleged the woman was driven to a downtown business where a brief stop was made, then to a secluded location in the river valley where she was sexually assaulted before being driven home.

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Investigators were able to identify the driver and determine the trip to the river valley and the victim’s home had not been logged in the app.

“When officers attended the male’s home to arrest him, they learned he had left the country,” police said in a Tuesday news release. “His vehicle was subsequently seized and a warrant issued for his arrest.”

When he returned to Canada on Dec. 27, 2025, the accused was detained by the Canada Border Services Agency at the Vancouver airport.

Manvir Singh, 27, is charged with sexual assault.

He has since been released on bail, but had to surrender his passport.

He is scheduled to appear in court on Friday.