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'Will rape you', says Uber driver to Indian passenger

The woman fights him off with impressive karate skills.

By Curated by Sarakshi Rai

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Published: Thu 7 Jul 2016, 3:07 PM

Last updated: Fri 8 Jul 2016, 1:07 AM

In a shocking incident in India, another Uber driver was found misbehaving with a 27-year-old woman in Kolkata.
The woman got into a cab with her friend, and after dropping her friend home she decided to travel on her way own. The Uber driver then began misbehaving and driving rashly, after which she complained to him to driver slowly and the cabbie retaliated by threatening to rape her.
"Rape korey debo" (Will rape you)  is the exact words the driver used. Along with the rape threat, Santu Pramanik, the 28-year-old cab driver, also said that he would dump her body in a ditch. 
"I won't be a victim and be found dead in the bushes by the roadside," thought the Jadavpur University student while recalling the self defense lessons she had learnt 15-years-ago in school, The Telegraph reported.
The woman jumped out of the moving car, then hit him on his shin bone and the back of his knees, and ran, the newspaper reported.
The driver, was then arrested by the police a few hours after the woman filed the complaint.
 


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