A Uber official got the medicinal records of a lady who said she was assaulted by a driver of the taxi-application firm in India, as per a report.
Eric Alexander, who maintained Uber's business in Asia, is said to have imparted the records to the organization's CEO, Travis Kalanick, over a year back.
Uber affirmed to the BBC that Mr Alexander at no time in the future worked at the firm - however offered no further remark.
Innovation news site Recode said Mr Alexander was let go simply after the production reached the organization about the story.
It said and in addition Mr Kalanick, the records were seen by the organization's senior VP, Emil Michael.
Recode's report point by point how Uber was apparently considering the prospect that the assault claim was composed by adversary Indian ride-sharing organization, Ola, as a major aspect of a spread crusade.
On Thursday, Ola told the BBC's Shilpa Kannan the charges were "vile".
"It is a disgrace that the security and ethics of a lady must be addressed trying to trivialize an awful wrongdoing," a representative for Ola said in an email.
"It is disgusting that anybody can even consider an endeavor to defame rivalry utilizing this as an open door. In the event that this report were to be even remotely genuine, this is an unequaled low on profound quality and an impression of the very character of an association."
The news is the most recent in a progression of prominent embarrassments incredibly influencing Uber's notoriety. On Tuesday, the organization declared it had let go 20 workers as a component of an examination concerning lewd behavior and other wrongdoing at the organization.
Delhi boycott
In December 2014, a 26-year-old Delhi lady was assaulted by Uber driver Shiv Kumar Yadav. Yadav was sentenced to life in jail.
At the time Uber said "rape is an awful wrongdoing and we're satisfied he has now been conveyed to equity", including it had enhanced security because of "lessons we gained from this dreadful case".
Be that as it may, the ride-sharing administration was subsequently prohibited from working in Delhi (the boycott was lifted in June 2015).
Off camera, Uber administrators supposedly questioned the validness of the lady's claim, and addressed whether Ola, a Uber rival in India, was behind the episode as a feature of a damage endeavor.
And also the criminal case, the lady sued Uber. It was settled out of court.
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