Marathi Theatre Actor Pramod Shinde Files Complaint Against Cab Driver In Mumbai For Threatening To Kill Him

A
police
complaint
has
been
lodged
by
a
theatre
artist
against
the
driver
of
Uber,
an
app-based
cab
service,
who
allegedly
threatened
to
kill
him
and
snatched
his
mobile
phone
after
he
booked
a
ride
with
him
in
the
city,
police
said
on
Friday.

The
alleged
incident
occurred
on
Wednesday
night,
when
Marathi
theatre
actor
Pramod
Shinde
(44)
booked
an
Uber
cab
to
travel
from
suburban
Ghatkopar
to
his
house
in
Borivali,
along
with
his
11-year-old
child
and
two
persons
from
his
drama
team,
an
official
said.

A
quarrel
took
place
between
the
actor
and
the
cab
driver,
after
he
asked
the
former
to
alight
the
vehicle
before
reaching
the
destination,
he
said.

When
Shinde
urged
him
to
drop
him
off
outside
his
house,
as
he
was
travelling
with
a
sleeping
child
and
had
a
lot
of
bags,
the
man
drove
the
cab
to
Magathane
bridge
and
allegedly
threatened
to
drive
the
vehicle
off
the
bridge
to
kill
the
passengers
and
himself,
the
official
said.

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Speaking
to
PTI,
Shinde
said,
“We
were
scared
of
the
driver’s
behaviour.
We
gave
him
whatever
money
we
had
and
alighted
the
vehicle
after
begging
for
our
life.
Later,
when
I
clicked
picture
of
the
cab’s
number
plate,
the
driver
returned
and
forced
me
to
delete
the
photograph
and
snatched
my
mobile
phone,
before
fleeing.”

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The
actor
then
lodged
a
complaint
at
Kasturba
Marg
police
station
on
Thursday
and
later
contacted
the
cab
company,
which
identified
the
driver
as
Rakesh
Yadav,
a
resident
of
Virar,
it
was
stated.

A
comment
was
not
immediately
available
from
Uber
regarding
the
incident.