Bengaluru: Ola cab drivers usually make news when they perpetrate crimes on their passengers. This time, however, an Ola cab drive and his wife were allegedly victimised by his passengers.
According to reports, on Friday night, four men going boarded Somashekhar’s cab after having booked it to go from Adugodi to Dommasandra. While on the way at around 10.30 PM, the passengers reportedly robbed Somashekhar, beat him up and call his wife via video call. While on call with Somashekhar’s wife, they made her strip for them and took screenshots if the call.
The men had allegedly beaten him up, snatched away the car key and drove the car.
Somashekhar was able to escape from the men when they stopped at a lodge in Channapatna in the Ramanagara district on Saturday morning. He immediately went to the nearby police station and explained his situation. Unfortunately, the four men had escaped by the time the police reached the spot.
The Adugodi police have registered a case.