Rapido bike taxi driver arrested for molesting woman passenger in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Police have arrested a Rapido bike taxi driver for allegedly molesting a woman passenger during a ride in the city.

The victim, a 29-year-old resident of Nagarabhavi 2nd Stage, works as a manager at an IT firm in Embassy Manyata Business Park. She had booked the bike taxi around 8 am on Wednesday after getting late for work.

Police said the rider, Rohith, 37, allegedly misbehaved with the woman and groped her soon after picking her up. Despite her warning him to behave and stop the bike, he allegedly continued riding. He later stopped near an underpass, where he is accused of molesting her again.

The woman raised an alarm, drawing the attention of traffic police, who alerted the Hoysala patrol. She later approached the Annapoorneshwari Nagar police and lodged a complaint.

Based on the ride details provided by the complainant, police arrested Rohith from his residence in Manjunath Nagar. A court has remanded him to judicial custody.