Bengaluru, June 16 (UNI) A Rapido bike taxi driver has been taken into custody for slapping a woman on camera. The driver has filed a counter-complaint alleging that he acted in self-defence after being physically assaulted first.
The incident, which took place on June 13, gained public attention only after a video of it went viral on social media on Monday, prompting police action.
The driver, identified as Suhas, claimed that the altercation began when he reached the pickup location and the passenger insisted he stop immediately. "I told her I would stop just a little ahead, but she started verbally abusing me using derogatory words. I tried to explain that I couldn’t halt at that exact spot. She then physically attacked me first, and I hit her only in retaliation," Suhas stated in his complaint filed at Jayanagar Police Station.