A 21-year-old dubbing artiste has filed a police complaint against a bike-taxi service Rapido driver saying he “misbehaved with her” during a ride over two weeks ago.

The woman hails from the Kolar district and has been living in Hoodi, KR Puram, East Bengaluru, with a friend. She works as a dubbing artiste in Jakkur. 

Although police have opened a case of sexual harassment under IPC Section 354A against the driver and Rapido, they believe that the complaint was false and filed with “malicious intent”.

According to her police complaint, the driver groped her on the Hennur service road at around 10.30 pm on October 30. She claimed that he touched her private parts. She had booked the ride from Jakkur to Babusapalya. 

The complaint was filed the next day against the driver named, Manjunath Thippeswamy, 25, and mentioned his vehicle number (KA 51 H 5965).

An officer from the Hennur police station, where the complaint was lodged, said the complaint was made up. 

“She did not travel in the mentioned vehicle. The ride was cancelled. We have verified the trip history. The ride that she is talking about did not take place,” the police officer said.

The officer said that the woman had “issues” with Rapido and the complaint was filed “with malicious intent”. 

“She wasted our time. We will take appropriate action to make sure she doesn’t file such complaints in the future,” the officer said. 

They also that the matter would be brought to the notice of the higher-ups for necessary further action. 

Rapido has not yet released a statement about the incident.