By Admin 
A Rapido bike taxi driver in Bengaluru has been accused of molestation by a female passenger. She alleges that the rider had tried to hold her legs during the ride. The woman made a video of this incident and later lodged a complaint with the police.
This incident happened on Thursday (November 6, 2025) at around 4 pm. Wilson Garden Police has registered an FIR in this matter and started investigation. The company has also issued a statement on this incident. Rapido has said, ‘Your safety and convenience is our biggest priority. Our team will contact you soon.
The woman narrated the entire incident in an Instagram post
When the driver of the Rapido bike taxi was trying to molest the woman, the woman protested against it, but the captain of the Rapido kept repeating his actions. After this, the woman shared a post on the social media platform Instagram and told about the entire incident. The woman said in the post, ‘When I was returning to my PG from Church Street, the captain (driver) of Rapido tried to hold my legs while riding the bike. All this happened so suddenly that I could not understand and did not even get time to record. When he did this again, I said brother, what are you doing, don’t do it, but instead of stopping, he did the same again.
The woman said she was in no position to ask the driver to stop the bike as she was at a new place and did not know which way she was on.
Unknown person came forward to help
The woman further said in the video, ‘When I reached my destination, an unknown person saw the situation and asked what happened. When I told him, he confronted the driver. After this, the driver of Rapido apologized to me and said that he will not do this again, but when he started leaving from there, he pointed his finger towards me, after this action of his I started feeling more insecure.
The woman said in her post, ‘I am sharing all this because no woman should have such an experience, neither in a cab, nor on a bike, nor anywhere. This is not the first time something like this has happened to me, but today I could not remain silent because I was feeling extremely unsafe and in a scary situation.
Company’s response to woman’s post
After the woman shared the post on Instagram, Rapido company has also responded. Rapido said, ‘We are extremely sorry to learn of the captain’s inappropriate behavior during your recent ride with us. Your safety and convenience is our biggest priority. Please give us some time to thoroughly investigate this matter. Our team will contact you soon, so that appropriate action can be taken against the Captain involved in this matter.
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