Bengaluru: A Bengaluru girl jumped off a fast-moving Rapido bike taxi after she was allegedly groped and harassed by the motive force. The incident occurred in Yelahanka New City police station limits on the evening of April 21, police mentioned on Wednesday. The video of the sufferer leaping off the bike has gone viral on social media.
Based on police the 30-year-old girl who works as an architect booked a Rapido bike taxi to Indiranagar on April 21 at 11.10 pm. The driving force took the cellphone of the lady for OTP and adjusted the situation. Whereas he began heading in the direction of a special location, the lady retaliated however he didn’t reply.
“She even snatched her cellphone from the motive force and alerted her buddy for some assist. She additionally complained that she was groped by the motive force, and she or he jumped off a rushing bike close to BMS Faculty. The CCTV footage exhibits a lady falling on a highway from a motorbike after she tried to flee,” mentioned a senior police officer.
The subsequent day, she filed a police grievance. Police tracked down the accused and arrested him. “We arrested the accused, and he’s now in judicial custody. We’ve registered a case below Sections 354 (assault or felony power to girl with intent to outrage her modesty) and 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing girl to compel her marriage, and so forth) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC),” the senior officer mentioned.
The accused is Deepak Rao (28), hailing from Hyderabad. Based on the police, he has been working in Bengaluru for 4 years. He began off as a meals supply government. For the previous 2 years, he has been working with a motorbike taxi aggregator. Police have reached out to their counterparts in Hyderabad to confirm his antecedents.
DCP (South East division) BM Laxmi Prasad mentioned strict directions got to bike taxi aggregators and people working meals supply apps to verify the antecedents of the individuals who connect their automobiles on their platform. “In our division, that is the primary case. Our commissioner referred to as on all cab aggregators, bike taxi providers, and meals supply companions to debate the protection of girls and residents,” he mentioned.
Rapido is but to reply to the incident.