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Woman claims harassment by driver for ₹2,500 days after trip, says Uber gave missed calls

Inshorts · 10m ago

Woman claims harassment by driver for ₹2,500 days after trip, says Uber gave missed calls

A woman claimed an Uber driver harassed her after her Mysuru-Bengaluru airport trip, aggressively demanding ₹2,500 over the trip cost of ₹2,407, and backed down after people began noticing him. She claimed the driver, Naveen, returned days later to her house and harassed her grandparents for extra money. She claimed Uber's grievance team gave missed calls after she raised issue.

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