‘Kicked, twisted arm': Kolkata cabbie assaults woman after she refuses to pay Rs 40 over actual fare
KOLKATA: A 26-year-old woman, who was allegedly assaulted by an app cab driver en route to Salt Lake from her Baguiati Deshbandhunagar home on Thursday, fought back and got the accused arrested.
The accused, Shahbaz Ali, had allegedly kicked her in the abdomen and twisted her right arm after she refused to pay Rs 40 extra over the fare generated on the app.
She faced the assault while she was travelling to her relative's home next to Subhanna in Salt Lake DF Block.
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The woman, however, didn't back down after the beating. She kicked the man on his knees, snatched his car keys, and ran straight into the police station near the relative's home.
Cops, responding to her plea, immediately arrested the driver.
The woman also alleged that the car that arrived to pick her up had a registration number different from the one reflected on the app.
"When I enquired about the registration number, the driver gave a lame excuse that he was driving someone else's car. Upon reaching Salt Lake, I realised that the driver brought me to a destination, at least 600 metres from my drop location.
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I urged him to take me to the right location, and an altercation ensued," the woman wrote in her complaint.
The woman alleged he then demanded extra money to be driven to the location she had mentioned.
The driver then allegedly abused and assaulted the woman, whose screams for help went unheard. As she tried to flee, the driver chased her untill she entered the police station. Ali has been remanded in judicial custodyon Friday.
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