Bengaluru Man Says Ola Driver Abused, Threatened Him To Pay Extra, Company Suspends Him
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Bengaluru City Police took note of the incident and asked the user to share his contact details.
A Bengaluru man recently shared a shocking experience he had with an Ola driver in the city. Pawan Kumar, an X user, said that the auto driver abused him to pay extra. He added that the driver "insisted the app was wrong and threatened to hold me until I paid the higher amount." I had a terrible experience today with an @Olacabs auto. I booked a ride from Brookfield to Kormangala with a stop at Mahadevpura. The app quoted ₹292, but when I reached my destination, the driver demanded ₹455. He insisted the app was wrong and threatened to hold me until I… pic.twitter.com/QZ7GkpoZoJ Received another call from OLA this morning that we have already taken an action and would you take our request to delete the post? He asked politely.1. I asked him why he would want me to do that? (No reply, he said that it's just a request).2. How they will make sure this… https://t.co/QLLJDZYnjt
The user took to the microblogging website on July 30 and said, "I had a terrible experience today with an @Olacabs auto. I booked a ride from Brookfield to Kormangala with a stop at Mahadevpura. The app quoted Rs 292, but when I reached my destination, the driver demanded Rs 455. He insisted the app was wrong and threatened to hold me until I paid the higher amount. He became aggressive, shouting and using abusive language."
Mr Kumar then called the police and recorded the incident. He stated that the officers spoke in Kannada and the Ola driver told them a different story. The user mentioned that the cops asked him to pay Rs 350 because the driver was poor. However, Mr Kumar added that the driver continued to threaten him in front of the police officers.
