A woman allegedly refused to pay a cab driver after an hour-long drive, threatening him with police action, said the authorities on Tuesday, January 6.
According to officials, cab driver Ziauddin lodged a complaint with the police alleging that a female passenger, Jyoti Dalal, booked a ride with him at 8 A.M. on Tuesday. She asked him to take her to Sector 31, then to the bus stand, and then to Cyber City.
“She asked for some money, and I gave her Rs 700. She ate and drank at various places, and I made all the payments. In the afternoon, when I demanded she pay and end the ride, she became enraged,” Ziauddin, a native of Dhana village in Nuh district, said, as quoted by news agency PTI.
The driver went on to claim that Dalal threatened to frame
him for theft or molestation. She also went to the Sector 29 Police Station, where she created a ruckus. As she left, Ziauddin explained the matter to the police, and it immediately dawned on them that Dalal was the same person who had earlier cheated another cab driver and a salon, the report said.
According to the police, the woman had earlier conned a salon out of Rs 20,000 and a cab driver out of Rs 2,000. Meanwhile, the police have registered an FIR against Jyoti Dalal under fraud and other relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).
“A probe is underway, and she will be arrested soon,” said Sector 29 Police Station SHO Ravi Kumar.
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