After a woman cancels her ride, a bike taxi driver sends her offensive videos in Kolkata

A woman canceled a ride in Kolkata because the driver was late; the driver later called her to threaten her with severe consequences.

On Saturday, Kolkata police arrested an app-based bike driver for allegedly threatening and sending pornographic videos to a doctor for canceling the ride, as reported by PTI. The woman, a doctor working at a private medical facility in Kolkata’s Jadavpur area, had booked a ride around 8 pm from the hospital premises. She reportedly canceled the ride because the driver was allegedly late.

Bike driver sends woman pornographic videos after she cancels the ride.

After canceling the ride, the doctor reportedly received at least 17 calls from the bike driver, who threatened with “dire consequences.” In addition to the threat, the police said that the driver allegedly sent sexually explicit content to the doctor on WhatsApp.

What did the police say?

An officer said, “The doctor first filed an e-complaint with the Police Commissioner and the Joint CP Crime. She also sent an email to the cyber cell before lodging a complaint with the Purba Jadavpur Police Station.” Police said the driver was arrested within a few hours of the victim filing the complaint.

On October 26, a similar incident took place in Delhi, where a woman shared a horrific story on Reddit of receiving a rape threat from an Uber driver while she was traveling alone at night. The driver allegedly asked, “If I were to do anything to you in five minutes, do you think your mother could come and help you?” The cab driver proceeded to ask her, “What were you doing out so late at night? You know, had you been a guy, I wouldn’t have picked you up at all.” He further said that women shouldn’t be stepping out so late because if they get raped afterwards, then the drivers are blamed. To get out of the situation, she said she was sharing her live location with her mother, who could track her.