Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Nov 17: A CEO of an advertising agency took to twitter to express his anguish, after he was assaulted by a mob of cab drivers outside Kempegowda International Airport on Monday night.
Dave Banerjee, CEO of Fisheye Creative Solutions and co-founder of a yoga-wear brand had flown to Bengaluru from Mumbai and hailed an Uber cab with his colleagues to reach home. When he noticed that the seatbelt buckle of the car’s backseat was not accessible, he asked the Uber driver to stop. However, the driver did not comply.
After repeatedly telling the driver, Dave warned the driver in a stern voice. At that time the driver stopped the car. Dave and his colleagues exited the car and booked another cab. By then, the driver had managed to gather a mob of drivers who started checking different cabs and when they spotted the one with Dave, they dragged out his colleagues and assaulted Dave in the car.
What further annoyed Dave was Uber’s insensitive attitude. When Dave pressed the SOS button within the Ube’s app, the company’s call centre agent instructed him to call the local police as they could not help.
He alleged that Uber’s mails seemed unapologetic. All they did was say sorry for the inconvenience. “You can’t beat people up and then say ‘sorry for the inconvenience’,” he retorts in anger.
After the issue went viral on Twitter, an Uber spokesperson said in a statement: “What’s been described has no place on our app. Safety of our riders is a priority for us at Uber. We have barred the driver-partner’s access to the Uber app. We will support the law enforcement authorities in their investigation and proceedings in any way possible.”
It is not known whether Dave has complained to police or not.