Bengaluru Rapido driver arrested for harassing woman passenger

A disturbing incident in Bengaluru has reignited debate over women’s safety in app-based transport services. A Rapido bike taxi rider has been booked by Wilson Garden Police for allegedly harassing a woman passenger during a ride on Thursday afternoon.

According to the complaint, the woman — who was traveling from Church Street to her PG accommodation — alleged that the rider attempted to grab her legs while riding. The incident occurred around 4 PM. Shocked and terrified, she later recorded a video and approached the police to file an official complaint.

In her social media post describing the ordeal, she wrote: “Trigger warning: Harassment – Today, 06.11.2025, in Bengaluru, I faced something I never thought I would. While returning to my PG from Church Street on a Rapido ride, the captain tried to grab my legs while riding… I told him, ‘Bhaiya, kya kar rahe ho, mat karo,’ but he didn’t stop. I couldn’t ask him to halt because I was new to the area and didn’t know where I was.”