Gurugram woman refuses to pay for cab ride, threatens with molestation case

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A woman took a cab driver for a ride when she allegedly refused to pay the fare after an hours-long drive and threatened him with a molestation case instead.

According to the police, cab driver Ziauddin filed a complaint alleging that a female passenger, Jyoti Dalal, booked a ride with him at 8 am on Tuesday and asked him to take her to Sector 31, then to the bus stand, and then to Cyber City.

"She asked for some money, and I gave her Rs 700. She ate and drank at various places, and I made all the payments. In the afternoon, when I demanded she pay and end the ride, she became enraged," Ziauddin, a native of Dhana village in Nuh district, said, PTI reported.

The driver alleged that Jyoti threatened to frame him for theft or molestation and went to the Sector 29 Police Station, where she created a ruckus.

After she left, Ziauddin explained the matter to the police, and it dawned on them that Dalal was the same person who had earlier conned a cab driver, as well as a salon.

Dalal reportedly has a history of scamming people. She duped a salon of Rs 20,000 and refused to pay Rs 2,000 to a cab driver earlier, police said, PTI reported.

In February 2024, a video of Dalal arguing with a cab driver over the fare had also gone viral.

"We have registered an FIR against Jyoti Dalal under fraud and other sections of BNS. A probe is underway, and she will be arrested soon," said Sector 29 Police Station SHO Ravi Kumar.