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.