Yogesh K Porwar
The International Airport police have registered a case against a cab driver for harassing a 34-year-old doctor on the pretext of dropping her home from the airport pick up point on Friday.
The victim,Dr.Nikhita Malik had landed at airport from Delhi and booked a taxi.The accused identified as Bavaraju approached her offered to drop.
Even though she noticed that the car had booked was different he convinced her to board the taxi and started driving.
The accused did not entered the OTP on his mobile and told her that his mobile is not working and asked her to unable location on her mobile phone and guide him.
While driving the car the accused started demanding Rs. 1500 for the trip citing that it was a sedan car while victim said that she had booked it for Rs.1,300.
Suspecting something fishy,Dr.Malik asked him to drop her back to the airport but the accused continue to drive and stopped at a petrol pump asking her to pay Rs.500 for the fuel .
The victim called 112 and reported the matter for which the accused brought her back to the airport and dropped her .
The victim later took down the cab number and filed a complaint with the police seeking action.
Based on the complaint the police have registered a case of impersonation for further investigation.
The police have advised people to be careful and get into the confirmed booking cabs.
