Mumbai cab driver booked for creating fake Instagram defaming passenger

A ridesharing driver in Mumbai has been booked for allegedly creating a fake Instagram account of a woman and labelling her a ldquocall girlrdquo after she refused to pay toll charges during a trip police said on ThursdayAccording to the news agency PTI the accused Vinay Kumar Yadav a resident of Jharkhand reportedly also shared the womanrsquos personal details onlineAuthorities did not clarify how he accessed her informationThe 31yearold woman a government employee had booked a ride from South Mumbai to Dadar During the trip Yadav allegedly demanded she pay toll charges which she refused sparking an argumentFollowing the dispute Yadav allegedly began calling and verbally abusing her repeatedly After she blocked him she started receiving unsolicited calls from unknown numbers On checking the woman discovered a fake Instagram account created using her photograph and personal details labelling her a ldquocall girlrdquoAs per PTI she lodged a complaint with the social media platform and learned that the driver had created the account She then approached the Dadar policeA case was registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections for acts intended to insult a womanrsquos modesty and for defamation as well as under the IT Act according to the FIR Yadav was traced to his native place in Jharkhand via his mobile number and served a notice to appear before the policeMumbai Actress alleges assault by brash auto driver in Mira RoadA 32yearold actress Shamim Akbar Alli from Mira Road has filed a complaint at Kashimira police station alleging that an autorickshaw driver assaulted her near her daughterrsquos school The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon when the driver allegedly twisted her hand in front of her fiveyearold childPolice said Shamim a resident of Mira Road East had taken an autorickshaw after finishing her workout at a gym in Kanakia Around 245 pm she asked the driver to stop near her daughterrsquos school but he allegedly grew angry and began shoutingSpeaking to midday Shamim said ldquoI was returning home from the gym and stopped the auto outside my daughterrsquos school The driver got frustrated and started abusing me asking why I had stopped the rickshaw there He demanded I pay the fare immediately because he was in a hurry I quickly picked up my daughter and got back into the same rickshaw asking him to drop us homerdquoAccording to Shamim the situation escalated once they reached her society gate ldquoMy daughter asked for a short ride towards the Fountain area and I told her wersquod go in another auto Suddenly the driver became aggressive He turned around grabbed my right hand and twisted it while I was still inside the rickshaw with my daughterrdquo she addedFollowing the incident Shamim approached the Kashimira police station and registered a complaint Police have recorded her statement and noted the registration number of the rickshaw A police officer from Kashimira police station said ldquoAn inquiry has been initiated and efforts are underway to trace the accused driverrdquoWith PTI inputs