Jadavpur Girl Fights Off Uber Driver Who Threatened to Rape Her

The girl’s self-defence lessons came in handy.

This incident happened near Salt Lake’s AE Block on Monday night. (Photo: Reuters)

An Uber cab driver threatened to rape a woman passenger and even abused her while racing down Salt Lake road in Kolkata, reports The Telegraph.

The 27-year-old woman is a Jadavpur University student who saved herself by hitting the driver and jumping out of the car as he tried pouncing on her the second time.

Santu Pramanik, the 28-year-old driver was arrested on Tuesday within hours of the complaint being lodged and remanded in judicial custody for a fortnight the next day.

This incident took place near Salt Lake’s AE Block on Monday night.

The driver took a detour after dropping her friend at the Bypass-Beleghata crossing at around 10.30 pm. His attitude soon changed and he began started driving rashly. She protested a few times but he kept quiet and continued driving.

I had taken self-defence lessons in school around 15 years ago and all that training suddenly came in handy. I remembered that I had to hit him hard on his shin bone to stop him and kick the back of his knees to make him fall. I mustered all my strength and targeted his shin bone and the back of his knees. He seemed stunned by my willingness to fight back and I ran. My tormentor tried to stop me by getting into the car and reversing at speed but I jumped out of the way. He sped away as a car’s headlights appeared in the distance.

Read the full report here.