BENGALURU: An auto driver attached to an app-based taxi booking firm was arrested on charges of abusing and attacking a 28-year-old woman after she cancelled the ride she had booked. The incident occurred at Hanumantappa Layout in Kyasalahalli, Kothanur, on the night of October 2. The victim, a call centre employee from the northeast, recorded the driver’s behaviour on her mobile phone and uploaded the video on social media. After the video went viral, Kothanur police contacted the woman and urged her to file a complaint. She initially refused, but later lodged the complaint on Thursday, following which police arrested the driver, identified as Pavan H. S. (21), a resident of Yelahanka and originally from Mandya. Pavan, who is unmarried, has been remanded to judicial custody at Be

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