Trending: Auto-rickshaw driver allegedly slaps a young girl; netizens react

The girl was spotted crying inconsolably, and the incident was recorded by a content creator who tried to console her.

An incident has been widely shared across the internet, the video of which has gone viral. It involves a young girl seen with a bunch of roses in her hand on a road in Kota, Rajasthan. An auto-rickshaw driver then allegedly slaps her near a road divider. The internet, since then, is fuming in anger, looking at how cruel the auto driver was to the young girl. A content creator recorded the entire incident.

A young girl cries inconsolably after being allegedly slapped by an auto-rickshaw driver.

The viral clip shows the girl sitting on a road divider, carrying a bunch of roses, and screaming and crying after the driver allegedly slapped her for chasing his vehicle to sell roses. A content creator, Shikhar Sahni, who was on his motorcycle, noticed what happened and tried to console the young girl. He even offered her money; however, she refused and continued crying. Shikhar, who runs his Instagram handle, Ride with Shikhar. He shared details about the incident, writing, “She didn’t cry because she didn’t get the money… she cried because the world failed her. An auto driver slapped her for chasing after his auto to sell a rose. I stopped, listened, and tried to comfort her. She refused money, not out of pride, but pain. Let’s be better humans. Be the reason someone believes kindness still exists.” The text on the video displayed, “I consoled her by gently placing my hand on her head and tried to explain that she shouldn’t run after vehicles like that.”

Watch the viral video here:

Netizens react to the viral video.

One user wrote, “Hitting someone for any reason except self defence is not acceptable at all….this is quite heartbreaking… the fact that people can just casually use violence without any cause and consequences … shame.” Another wrote, “So much stress that you’ll assault a young girl struggling to earn!? Sick. This is just so cruel!” A third user wrote, “You know it’s not for sympathy when she rejected the money. Man my heart aches.” One more commented, “It’s heartbreaking. Thank you for trying to pacify her. Hope that auto guy is reported or if the cameras caught him in the act.”