Bengaluru Shocker: Woman Alleges Rape Threat on Road, Shares Harrowing Experience on Social Media

Bengaluru: In yet another shoking incident, a woman has accused a man of giving 'open rape threats' following a road rage incident in Bengaluru. The woman claimed that the altercation took place after the man's auto-rickshaw dangerously sped past her car, nearly causing a collision with two other vehicles.

Narrating her ordeal on social media, the woman claimed that the man in his 20s called her and her mother “prostitutes” and also made vulgar gestures. “Was driving along Kathriguppe road today. An auto zoomed in from the left to the extreme right and almost crashed into 2 cars, causing a pileup. All I could do was honk and then pass by it. The driver in the auto kept quiet because he knew he was driving like a maniac. But there was a young man in the auto who walked up to me when the signal turned red,” the woman, who goes by “Satansthots”, on Reddit said.

She added, “He cursed me, my mother, and my entire family out. In beautiful, colourful language. He called us both prostitutes, explained in detail about all the positions we would have intercourse with men in, and then showed me how he would give me oral pleasure (with his tongue between his fingers). He was probably all of 21 or 22, and he got angry because of 2 people honking at the auto that he was in.”

The woman further claimed that the man attempted to break the window of her car and force open the door. According to her, he continued issuing death and rape threats while bystanders merely watched.

“He tried breaking my window and prying open my door. With 30 others watching him. He seemed to have assumed that I didn’t know the language, so his insults got even more colourful until the signal turned green, and he said that he would kill me and my entire family after raping us if the video I recorded of his misbehaviour ever got out", she stated.  

Taking it to X, the woman also shared videos she had recorded from her car. 

The incident comes days after a Bengaluru woman alleged that she faced harassment and was physically assaulted by an auto driver after she cancelled the ride booked through an app. Ola responded to her on social media platform ‘X’ saying they would investigate the incident, which it said “sounds quite alarming”, after she tagged the ride-hailing company in her posts demanding immediate action.

Additional Director General of Police Traffic and Road Safety, Alok Kumar assured that appropriate action would be taken.

The video of the incident was also shared by the woman on the social media platform. “Yesterday in Bangalore (Bengaluru), my friend & I booked two autos on Ola due to peak hours. I arrived first, so she cancelled hers. The other auto driver followed us, furious. Despite explaining the situation, he started shouting and hurling abuse,” the woman alleged.

The driver went on to verbally assault us, questioning whether the auto belonged to my father and making derogatory comments. I began recording, which enraged him further. When I mentioned reporting him, he challenged me, showing no fear of consequences,” she claimed.

She said things escalated when he tried to snatch her phone. “I resisted, and he slapped me in front of my auto driver, who did nothing, and bystanders who remained passive. Despite this, he continued his threats, saying he’d beat me with his slippers too,” she further alleged.

Responding to her post, ADGP Kumar stated, “Such behaviour is unacceptable. (A) few people like him give (the) auto drivers community a bad name. Have informed the concerned to take appropriate action.” Later, ‘Ola Support’ responded to her posts and said: “This sounds quite alarming.. Don’t worry, we are here to help you with this.”