WATCH: Bengaluru woman jumps off speeding Rapido bike after rider gropes her
The accused has been arrested. The rider took the woman's phone on the pretext of checking the OTP. But he instead changed her drop location
Representational image. Instagram/Rapido
In a shocking incident, a woman in Bengaluru jumped off a moving Rapido bike after the rider allegedly gropep her and snatched her phone.
The accused identified as Deepak has been arrested. He is currently in judicial custody, anIndia Todayreport said.
The incident happened on 21 April at around 11 pm. The woman booked a ride using the Rapido bike taxi app.
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The incident was caught on a CCTV camera.
Watch the footage here:
#WATCH| Bengaluru, Karnataka: Woman jumps off a moving motorbike after the rapido driver allegedly tried to grope her & snatched her phone
On 21st April, woman booked a bike to Indiranagar, driver allegedly took her phone on pretext of checking OTP & started driving towards…pic.twitter.com/bPvdoILMQ2
— ANI (@ANI)April 26, 2023
The rider took the woman’s phone on the pretext of checking the OTP. But he instead changed her drop location,Deccan Heraldreported.
Meanwhile, police have registered a case of assault and kidnapping against the rider.
“We have registered a case under Sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage, etc) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC),”India Todayquoted DCP Northeast Laxmi Prasad as saying.
With inputs from agencies
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