Harassed by Rapido Driver for refusing nsfw request.
Okay so this happened last night in Mumbai and it genuinely scared me.
I was booking a Rapido late at night. When the driver arrived, my dating app may have been visible on my screen for a second. He suddenly made an extremely inappropriate proposition to me. I was completely taken aback and immediately said no and asked him to cancel the ride.
I started walking away, thinking that would be the end of it, but he began shouting aggressively at me in Hindi, saying things like “come here” and “I’ll show you who I am” and asking where I would hide from him. Thankfully, I had used a pickup point away from my actual home location.
I tried to leave quickly, but he followed me on his scooty and continued shouting. The whole thing felt threatening and unstable. What scared me most was how angry he became just because I said no. He also threatened that he would go to the police and falsely accuse me of asking people for inappropriate things, which makes no sense because I literally just booked a Rapido ride. I didn’t engage with him at all beyond refusing and walking away.
This is the first time I’ve had such a genuinely frightening experience with a ride service, and now I’m anxious about randomly running into him again in public. I never properly saw his face because it was mostly covered. Does anyone know if Mumbai police actually help in cases like this? Should I report it through the app or directly to the police, even if I don’t have proof besides the ride details?