KOLKATA: A 25-year-old advertising and marketing executive used to be allegedly molested, abused, dragged out of a car, forced to touch the toes of a middle-aged rickshaw-puller and apologise for allegedly refusing to pay additional — for a 2km ride from Karunamoyee to a well-liked tea joint opposite Bidhannagar College.
The incident came about at DB Block in Salt Lake around nine.45am on Tuesday. Even as torment endured with the girl and her pal surrounded by way of a host of rickshawpullers, nobody — tea store staff, local citizens, passersby or the app cab driving force who used to be there to select her up — reacted, she claimed.
“I have by no means been humiliated like this. I was forced to bend down and contact a stranger’s toes in the course of a road, with several other people guffawing at me. My pal used to be the one one seeking to lend a hand but the males stopped him and others on the road merely stood there,” mentioned the girl at Bidhannagar Court on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the girl, she and her pal were given on the rickshaw at Karunamoyee bus stand around nine.30am to go to Pappu Chaiwala — a well-liked tea joint opposite Bidhannagar College. “The rickshaw-puller did not know the route so I guided him. I knew that the fare until City Centre used to be Rs 20 and our destination used to be slightly 200km from there. I gave him a Rs 100 word and asked him to deduct Rs 30 because the fare. But he insisted it used to be Rs 40. When I refused, he began abusing me,” she mentioned.
When the girl argued that simplest an app cab would value Rs 40 for the distance, the rickshaw-puller began abusing her. He allegedly mentioned that a chhotolok like her may just by no means find the money for a taxi.
“As he endured to abuse us, we left the spot after letting him deduct Rs 40. The incident left me distraught so I decided to depart for place of business with no need tea. I booked an app cab however then the person reappeared with a bunch of rickshaw-pullers and blocked the way,” the girl mentioned.
The girl alleged the lads dragged her out of the cab but the driving force did not lend a hand her in spite of her requests. Instead, he cancelled the reserving and left the spot.
“Then, the lads held my pal and asked me to apologise to the rickshaw-puller alleging that we had hit him. When I denied, the lads threatened to hit us and advised us to apologise to the rickshawpuller by way of touching his toes. I begged them to have mercy however they wouldn’t let us pass, forcing me to touch the person’s toes,” she added.
At that time, a policeman on his bike stopped as he noticed the group. The girl narrated her plight to the cop, who instantly referred to as for backup and arrested the gang of tormentors.
Based on the girl’s complaint, four rickshawpullers — Prahlad Biswas, Nirapada Manna, Palash Biswas, and Sukumar Roy — have been arrested.
The rickshaw puller’s recommend, however, mentioned the person and his buddies have been framed. “No one assaulted the girl. In truth, the girl’s pal had kicked and punched the rickshaw-puller against which his buddies have been protesting,” mentioned Soma Mandal, Biswas’ recommend. They have been produced in a Salt Lake court docket, which granted them bail.
The incident came about at DB Block in Salt Lake around nine.45am on Tuesday. Even as torment endured with the girl and her pal surrounded by way of a host of rickshawpullers, nobody — tea store staff, local citizens, passersby or the app cab driving force who used to be there to select her up — reacted, she claimed.
“I have by no means been humiliated like this. I was forced to bend down and contact a stranger’s toes in the course of a road, with several other people guffawing at me. My pal used to be the one one seeking to lend a hand but the males stopped him and others on the road merely stood there,” mentioned the girl at Bidhannagar Court on Tuesday afternoon.
According to the girl, she and her pal were given on the rickshaw at Karunamoyee bus stand around nine.30am to go to Pappu Chaiwala — a well-liked tea joint opposite Bidhannagar College. “The rickshaw-puller did not know the route so I guided him. I knew that the fare until City Centre used to be Rs 20 and our destination used to be slightly 200km from there. I gave him a Rs 100 word and asked him to deduct Rs 30 because the fare. But he insisted it used to be Rs 40. When I refused, he began abusing me,” she mentioned.
When the girl argued that simplest an app cab would value Rs 40 for the distance, the rickshaw-puller began abusing her. He allegedly mentioned that a chhotolok like her may just by no means find the money for a taxi.
“As he endured to abuse us, we left the spot after letting him deduct Rs 40. The incident left me distraught so I decided to depart for place of business with no need tea. I booked an app cab however then the person reappeared with a bunch of rickshaw-pullers and blocked the way,” the girl mentioned.
The girl alleged the lads dragged her out of the cab but the driving force did not lend a hand her in spite of her requests. Instead, he cancelled the reserving and left the spot.
“Then, the lads held my pal and asked me to apologise to the rickshaw-puller alleging that we had hit him. When I denied, the lads threatened to hit us and advised us to apologise to the rickshawpuller by way of touching his toes. I begged them to have mercy however they wouldn’t let us pass, forcing me to touch the person’s toes,” she added.
At that time, a policeman on his bike stopped as he noticed the group. The girl narrated her plight to the cop, who instantly referred to as for backup and arrested the gang of tormentors.
Based on the girl’s complaint, four rickshawpullers — Prahlad Biswas, Nirapada Manna, Palash Biswas, and Sukumar Roy — have been arrested.
The rickshaw puller’s recommend, however, mentioned the person and his buddies have been framed. “No one assaulted the girl. In truth, the girl’s pal had kicked and punched the rickshaw-puller against which his buddies have been protesting,” mentioned Soma Mandal, Biswas’ recommend. They have been produced in a Salt Lake court docket, which granted them bail.
Kolkata woman tormented over rickshaw fare
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