MUMBAI: In a peculiar case of sexual harassment, an Uber cab driver used to be discovered masturbating sooner than a lady passenger here on Friday, in step with a grievance filed through the girl. The cab aggregator later announced it had sacked him.
The incident took place in the crowded Andheri East space here on Friday morning.
According to the girl, as she sat in the cab, the motive force uncovered himself and started masturbating in full public view while the automobile had halted at a site visitors signal.
"I immediately got out of the car and asked him to stop the fare meter immediately. He also came out of the car abusing, and asking me what happened... To which I said: 'don't you know what happened' or 'do you want me to scream and let everyone know what you did'," she mentioned in a social media post which went viral.
She added that she paid the motive force more than the true fare and didn't watch for the exchange - as she felt the accused might be bad.
The lady then went to the MIDC Police Station at Andheri and lodged her grievance.
The driver in query used to be sacked with rapid effect through Uber following the incident.
"What's been described has no place on our App. Our community guidelines clearly reject such inappropriate behaviour. Upon learning about the incident, we immediately removed the driver partner's access to the app," an Uber spokesperson mentioned on Friday evening.
The spokesperson mentioned that the motive force's past report used to be clean, with out a previous complaints of any sort against him.
The incident took place in the crowded Andheri East space here on Friday morning.
According to the girl, as she sat in the cab, the motive force uncovered himself and started masturbating in full public view while the automobile had halted at a site visitors signal.
"I immediately got out of the car and asked him to stop the fare meter immediately. He also came out of the car abusing, and asking me what happened... To which I said: 'don't you know what happened' or 'do you want me to scream and let everyone know what you did'," she mentioned in a social media post which went viral.
She added that she paid the motive force more than the true fare and didn't watch for the exchange - as she felt the accused might be bad.
The lady then went to the MIDC Police Station at Andheri and lodged her grievance.
The driver in query used to be sacked with rapid effect through Uber following the incident.
"What's been described has no place on our App. Our community guidelines clearly reject such inappropriate behaviour. Upon learning about the incident, we immediately removed the driver partner's access to the app," an Uber spokesperson mentioned on Friday evening.
The spokesperson mentioned that the motive force's past report used to be clean, with out a previous complaints of any sort against him.
Uber driver sacked for 'masturbating' on duty
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