Auto driver assaults women in southern India over canceled ride
by Bhagyashree BarmanA heated altercation broke out between an auto-rickshaw driver and two women in a bustling city of southern India’s Karnataka.
The incident took place in Bengaluru city and the video went viral on September 3.
Visuals showed the woman inside the auto is visibly distressed, yelling as another man(auto driver) tries to enter the vehicle. She screams about being slapped, while the aggressive auto driver, face flushed with anger, challenges her, saying “Come, we’ll go to the police.”
According to reports, the conflict began when the driver angrily reacted to one of the women canceling a booked ride. As tensions rose, another auto driver approached, forcefully trying to enter the vehicle. The woman inside the auto screamed in protest, shouting that she had been slapped by the driver despite being respectful. She threatened to go to the police, while the enraged driver responded aggressively, daring her to follow through.