FIR filed after woman alleges sexual harassment by Rapido driver
Bengaluru: Two days after a woman alleged that a Rapido bike taxi driver sexually harassed her during a ride in central Bengaluru, the Wilson Garden Police have registered a first information report (FIR) and begun an investigation.
The incident reportedly took place on November 6, as reported by the Hindustan times. A woman had booked a ride from Church Street to return home. In her complaint, she stated that the driver attempted to touch her inappropriately while riding. “He tried to grab my legs while riding. It happened so suddenly that I couldn’t even process it,” the woman said in a social media post. She said that when she objected, the driver did not stop.
When the woman reached her destination, a bystander intervened and questioned the driver. The driver initially apologised but later gestured at her in a threatening manner before leaving, she alleged.
She wrote that she chose to speak publicly about the incident because of how unsafe the experience made her feel. “No woman should have to go through something like this- not in a cab, not on a bike, not anywhere,” she said.
On Saturday, the complainant updated that the Bengaluru Police and teams from Rapido had contacted her and extended support and also said that CCTV footage had corroborated her version of events.
Rapido, in an earlier public statement, said it was looking into the matter. “Your safety and comfort remain our top priorities. Kindly allow us some time to investigate the matter in detail,” the company stated.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
