Man shows obscene video to female cabbie, assaults her after she objects; arrested in Gurugram

The incident, captured by the woman on her phone, went viral. Police are investigating the matter.

Gurugram police arrested a man after a female cab driver alleged that he deliberately showed her an obscene video on his mobile phone and later misbehaved with and assaulted her when she objected, police said on Thursday.

Gurugram cab driver alleges man showed her obscene video, assaulted her; arrested (Representative image)

According to police, the woman recorded the incident on her phone and uploaded the video on social media, where it later went viral.

Police said that a case was registered at Police Station DLF Sector-29.

"On Wednesday, while she had parked her vehicle for charging, another driver parked his vehicle alongside hers for charging. The driver was sitting in his vehicle and playing an obscene video on his mobile phone, deliberately turning the screen towards her. When she protested, the driver abused and misbehaved towards her," police said.

Police identified the accused as Arjun Kamawat, a resident of Village Parsa, District Madhubani, Bihar, who currently resides in Nathupur, DLF Phase-3, Gurugram.

"We are questioning him. Legal proceedings in the case will follow the law. The investigation is underway," said the Gurugram police spokesperson.

Cabbie arrested for masturbating

Earlier this year, in May, a Rapido cab driver was arrested for allegedly masturbating in the presence of a woman passenger in a moving cab in Gurugram.

The driver was identified as Vijay Kumar (23), a resident of Banihari village in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj district. Police have seized the cab and are questioning him.

According to police, the complainant lives in Gurugram and works as a software engineer in a logistics company.

According to police, the complainant lives in Gurugram and works as a software engineer in a logistics company.