Bengaluru woman molested by Ola cab driver


Bengaluru, May 1 (PTI): A woman was allegedly molested last week by a driver affiliated to cab aggregator Ola while travelling back home, the police said today.

The police said the incident occurred at around 2.15 am on Thursday on the Koramangala-Begur road.

The woman, a singer by profession, said in her complaint that driver took a detour on the pretext of availing a shorter route and groped her after reaching a deserted spot. She said she managed to get out of the car and started running while shouting for help, following which the driver sped away.

She said she then reached a small clinic and took shelter there and waited for a friend to pick her up.
The police registered a case and is looking for the driver.

Meanwhile, Ola said it has terminated the driver's association with its platform and would support the police investigation into the incident.

"We have terminated the driver partner from the Ola platform as soon as we received a complaint from the customer. Safety of our users is of utmost importance to us and we have zero-tolerance towards any such behaviour. We have assured the customer of full support in further investigation of the issue," it said.

  

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  • Mangalorean, Mangalore

    Tue, May 02 2017

    It was a unfortunate incident, hope the guilty is given the right punishment. Having said this, safety begins with self. Going out at 2AM alone in the night is not safe for anyone, anywhere, be it woman or man.

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  • Alwyn Crasta, Mangaluru/Bengaluru

    Tue, May 02 2017

    Sad that such incidents are taking place, even after the public outrage in the aftermath of the infamous Delhi "Nirbhaya Rape Case".

    Although various strict laws have been passed, for ensuring the safety and security of women in public places and organisations/institutions, and for meting out strict punishment to the offender/s, there seem to too many loopholes in our laws & procedures, which are being utilized by the depraved male members of society to put into practice, their perversions.

    The system of carrying out a background verification seems to be very much inadequate & flawed, given the increasing number of attacks/atrocities being carried out on girl children and women. There are just too many 'wolves in sheep's clothing' hanging around. Society is losing it's moral values (even in families) too fast, for comfort.

    This problem has to be tackled from many angles, to be brought under control. Hope we move fast, before things go out of control.

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  • Kumar Dev, Mangalore/Karol Bagh

    Tue, May 02 2017

    Why rape only happen in ola cab.

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  • Ken, M'Lore/ Hawaii

    Tue, May 02 2017

    Customers do not book Ola cab because of the driver, they book it because of the reputations of the company "Ola", so Ola is to be held responsible and pay proper compensation for the inconvenience caused and the mental trauma the passenger has gone through. Its easy to blame the driver but in the end its the ola who hired him. Seriously where is India headed ?

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  • Bheem, Mangalore

    Tue, May 02 2017

    The incident took place in Bangalore which is the capital of Karnataka. Karnataka in turn is one of the Indian states. Why not blame the entire country?
    Why just OLA?

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  • ARMANDO, urwa

    Tue, May 02 2017

    Dear Bheem, Tomorrow If bank officer wipes all your money from your account by frauding your signature & is on run, will you wait for your money till he is caught & returns your money which he might have used & has to work many many yrs to pay you or it is the bank who has to pay you.
    Have opened your bank account & deposited money based on this employee or based on bank.
    Understand your rights & know rightly who is accountable.

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  • Doremon, Mangalore

    Wed, May 03 2017

    Have little sense and do not mix sambar in the Chicken biryani

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  • Sunita, Abu Dhabi

    Tue, May 02 2017

    Just wondering do women go about raping and molesting men when the men are out at 2 am?

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  • Indian, Mangalore

    Tue, May 02 2017

    Ola should not be blamed for this whatsoever. If you blame Ola for this you will even go ahead and blame whole of India for being the rape capital for the entire world.
    Certificate can be obtained about the drivers behavior but not about his intentions.
    First thing is, safety begins at home. Parents should set a deadline for a female child if they want their daughters to be safe if you argue on this point this is what will happen.
    This is INDIA and not AMERICA. India is 3’rd world country and America is 1’st world country.
    In India, behave like Indians and u are most likely to be safe. Roaming around in the street at 2:00am in the morning is just not a good idea in our country because we know very well how safe our country is for both men and women.

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  • Beowulf, Mangalore

    Tue, May 02 2017

    Indian,

    Anywhere in this world is not safe for women at 2 AM be it USA or India.

    I think govt should make it easy for women to own guns. that would drastically solve most problems in terms of women safety.

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Frazer Town,Bangaluru

    Tue, May 02 2017

    This has really shaken the confidence of the people using Ola and other taxi services.Corrective measures need to be taken forthwith

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, May 02 2017

    Women Beaters, Molesters, Rapists & Murderers.
    We are familiar with this community...

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  • RAMPA, MOON

    Tue, May 02 2017

    ONE LADY CAME TO MOLEST ME, BECAUSE I KNOW KUNG FU, SHE RAN AWAY

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  • Logical Indian, Kudla

    Tue, May 02 2017

    For some people this article as a joke..! I hope & pray such thing never happens to any people irrespective of them staying in earth or moon..!

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  • RAMPA, MOON

    Tue, May 02 2017

    CCTV CAMERA SHOULD BE MADE COMPULSORY IN ALL TAXIS.

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  • Rita, Germany

    Tue, May 02 2017

    Horrible.when the Ola association engaged the driver did they ever the no objection certificate from police ?or such?One should have references before they engage.Now ;IT IS NOT ENOUGH T O TERMINATE HIM;but take responsibility of paying compansation to her.It is their responsibility of safety of a passenger from their association.In future noone will be hiring this if such incident take s place.Very sad.Thank God she ran away.who knows otherwise what would happen.Ladys,in future engage a lady driver if any.

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