Woman shares harrowing experience after boarding 'fake' Ola cab at Bengaluru airport

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Woman shares harrowing acquisition aft boarding 'fake' Ola cab astatine Bengaluru airport


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A pistillate shared her unpleasant acquisition with a "fake" Ola cab operator aft she boarded the conveyance from the Kempegowda International Airport successful Bengaluru.

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In a station connected X, Nikita Malik shared details of the incidental arsenic she highlighted the risks posed by unauthorised drivers impersonating services similar Ola.

Malik claimed that she booked an Ola cab from the airport?s designated pickup country astir 10:30 p.m. connected November 8. Shortly after, a driver, who wasn?t assigned to her via the app, approached and claimed helium could instrumentality her to her destination.

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?Almost got trafficked/raped/looted/assaulted by a random cab operator who was fto successful by Bengaluru Airport successful the Ola pickup presumption and impersonated to beryllium 1 astatine terminal 1 of the airdrome astatine 10:30 p.m. had I not called 112, I?d not beryllium present typing this,? she claimed successful the post.

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Nikita besides shared the photographs of her handwritten ailment that she allegedly filed against the driver. The ailment revealed the details of the incident.

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Despite her archetypal hesitation, she got into the car, lone to realise thing was amiss erstwhile the operator didn?t petition the mandatory OTP and alternatively asked her to input her destination straight into his idiosyncratic Maps app, citing a malfunction successful his authoritative app, she said successful her complaint.

As they proceeded towards her destination, the operator started demanding an other fare, which she refused to pay.

He past suggested transferring her to different conveyance for the agreed-upon fare.

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Sensing danger, Nikita insisted connected returning to the airport, but the operator ignored her and made an unscheduled halt astatine a petrol station, demanding Rs 500 for fuel.

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With a composed attitude, she discreetly contacted the exigency helpline 112 and kept a household subordinate updated connected her location.

In her complaint, she claimed that the constabulary assisted her soon after.

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The incidental has underscored increasing concerns astir the information of women utilizing ride-hailing services, peculiarly astatine night.

Source: IndiaToday

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