A Rapido bike taxi rider in Bengaluru has been booked for allegedly making an attempt to seize a girl passenger’s legs throughout a experience. The incident, which occurred on Thursday afternoon, got here to mild after the lady shared her ordeal on Instagram and approached the police.
A disturbing incident of sexual harassment has been reported from Bengaluru, the place a girl accused a Rapido bike taxi rider of making an attempt to seize her legs whereas she was on a experience. The incident reportedly occurred round 4 pm on Thursday. In accordance with her police criticism, the lady managed to report a part of the act on video earlier than heading straight to the Wilson Backyard Police Station to file a case. Police have registered an FIR and initiated an investigation. A response from Rapido remains to be awaited.
‘Bhaiya, kya kar rahe ho, mat karo’: Sufferer’s account
Sharing her ordeal on Instagram, the lady wrote, “Whereas returning to my PG (Paying Visitor) from Church Road on a Rapido experience, the captain (rider) tried to seize my legs whereas using.” She additional acknowledged, “It occurred so immediately that I couldn’t even course of it, not to mention report it. When he did it once more, I instructed him, ‘Bhaiya, kya kar rahe ho, mat karo,’ however he didn’t cease.”
The sufferer added that she felt helpless and couldn’t ask the rider to cease, as she was unfamiliar with the realm and didn’t know the place the car was headed.
Bystander confronts rider
Upon reaching her vacation spot, a bystander seen her misery and confronted the rider after listening to what had occurred. “The captain apologised and stated he wouldn’t do it once more however as he left, he pointed his finger at me in a method that made me really feel much more unsafe,” the lady recalled.
In her put up, the lady emphasised that she shared her story to lift consciousness. “I’m sharing this as a result of no lady ought to must undergo one thing like this, not in a cab, not on a motorbike, not wherever. This isn’t the primary time one thing related has occurred to me. However at the moment I simply couldn’t keep silent due to how unsafe I felt,” she wrote.