Bengaluru: Four Passengers rob Ola cab driver, force his wife to undress for them on video call
Bengaluru, Dec 02: When Ola cab driver Somashekhar got a booking for going to Bengaluru’s Adugodi to Dommasandra on Friday night, little did he know that it would turn out to be the worst experience of his life. The four men who boarded his cab at 10.30pm robbed him off all his money, thrashed him and asked his wife to strip for them on a video call and took screenshots of it.
When the car reached the destination at around 10.30 pm, the passengers asked the driver to drive towards their home. As he drove little distance, the accused attacked him and snatched everything. They even took his car key and started driving.
"They drove the car for around 100 km. They snatched all my money. I had Rs 9,000 in my bank account. But they wanted more and asked me to get it from friends. I had Rs 20,000 rupees in my Paytm account. I called a relative, sent the money to him via Paytm and asked him to transfer the money to my bank account, which these men have withdrawn," said Somashekhar
Four passengers booked the Ola cab to go to Dommasandra from Adugodi, around 22 km, in Bengaluru on Friday night. They boarded the cab at 10.30 pm. While going, they thrashed driver Somashekar, snatched his money and mobile phone and asked his wife to undress for them on a video call. Later, they even took screen shots of the video.
Somashekhar was taken to a lodge in Channapatna in Ramanagara district on Saturday morning. Later, he excused himself to go the washroom and escaped from there by jumping out of the toilet window.
He went to a nearby police station and narrated his ordeal. But by the time Channapatna police reached the spot, the men had fled the scene. A case has been registered at Adugodi police station.
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13 lakh litres of 'Rail Neer' supplied to train passengers daily: Government
New Delhi (PTI): Approximately 13 lakh litres of packaged drinking water -- 'Rail Neer' -- are being supplied to train passengers across the railway network daily, the government informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Wednesday.
Apprising the Lower House about the Indian Railways' endeavour to provide safe and potable drinking water facilities at all stations, the government also provided zone-wise details of the water vending machines (WVMs) installed there.
"To ensure the quality of drinking water being made available at the railway stations, instructions exist for periodical checking and required corrective action to be taken.
"Regular inspection and maintenance of drinking water facilities is carried out and complaints are attended to promptly," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said while responding to a question raised by BJP MP Anup Sanjay Dhotre seeking to know the supply of drinking water at railway stations across the country
"Complaints regarding deficiency in services, including water supply, are received through various channels such as public complaints, web portals, social media, etc. These complaints are received at various levels, including the Railway Board, zonal railways, division office, etc.," Vaishnaw said.
"The complaints so received are forwarded to the concerned wings of Railways and necessary action is taken to check and address them. As receipt of such complaints and action taken thereon is a continuous and dynamic process, a centralised compendium of these is not maintained," he added.
Providing zone-wise details of water vending machines, the minister said 954 such machines have been installed across railway stations.
"The Indian Railways also provides safe and affordable packaged drinking water bottles -- Rail Neer -- approved by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in trains and at stations," Vaishnaw said.
"Approximately, 13 lakh litres of Rail Neer are being supplied per day to the travelling passengers in trains and at stations across the Indian Railways network," he added.
