The app-based cab service provider Ola fired the accused driver booked on the charges of threatening a woman and her daughter inside the cab on Monday night. The Ola management removed accused Praveen Kumar (29) from his service after the Delhi Police arrested him on the complaint of a woman bureaucrat working with the Ministry of Railways.
“The charges of affronting woman modesty and violating and threatening public order had been framed against the accused,” said Mandeep Randhawa, DCP (South-East). However, he was later released on bail. The accused has been booked under IPC Sections 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) and 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman). later, he was granted bail, the DCP added.
“Further investigations are underway and also we are seeking how to take action against the Ola cab service,” said a police officer of South-East district. The woman bureaucrat, who is posted as Joint Secretary at Rail Bhawan, has petiotioned the Delhi Police top brass to take strict action against the accused driver. “The case is being investigated and we may add fresh Sections of the IPC if new evidence surfaces,” the official added.
It is to be noted that the accused driver on Monday allegedly got into an altercation over route with an official of railway ministry who was travelling from Nizamuddin area in South-East Delhi to her residence in New Delhi's Chanakyapuri area.
The complainant has booked a cab around 8.30 pm and was travelling with her daughter. During the journey, the officer found the driver was not taking the suitable route and asked him to use GPS. It was later found out that the driver had no GPS device which then led to an altercation between the duo, said police.
It is alleged that the driver during the altercation, misbehaved with the passenger and her daughter and later forced them out of the cab near the Nizamuddin area, said police. The passenger then reported the incident after which police brought the driver to Hazrat Nizamuddin Police Station and on his confession arrested him.