Daijiworld Media Network-Bengaluru (RJP)

Bengaluru, Jun 1: A person here has lodged a police complaint saying that an auto driver pushed him out from the vehicle and made away with his luggage in Sarjapura on May 27.

M V Amaresh Kumar is the complainant. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of a company here.

The app-based Ola auto rickshaw was hired by the victim and the incident happened after the driver refused to drop him at the destination.

According to Amaresh Kumar, his wife had booked an Ola auto rickshaw for him. He was picked up by Rudreshiva Gowda from DLF New Town and was supposed to be dropped to his house on Sarjapura Main Road.

During the journey, the auto driver kept on saying that the destination was far and he could not drive for such a long distance. At around 9.15 pm, the driver stopped the vehicle, a few kilometres away from the destination and sped away after pushing out Kumar from the auto rickshaw.

Kumar could not take his belongings which included a tab, a bag and Rs 7,500 cash as he was pushed out from the auto suddenly.

Soon after the incident, Kumar asked his wife to press the SOS tab on the app, and she got a reply from Ola saying issue was not genuine.

“We called the Ola customer support after that. But there was no response,” said Kumar in his police complaint.

Kumar later learned that Rs 327 was debited from his Ola wallet.

Ola did not respond to any queries.