On Monday a Mumbai-based female journalist affirmed that she was thrashed and verbally abused by using obscene language by a female co-passenger. Ushnota Paul, the victim recently claimed that the lady sitting next to her in the cab wanted to be dropped first since she had paid more for the Uber pool. Well, on trying to sort the matter between the driver and the lady, Ushnota was replied with abuses. Ushnota took to Twitter and informed, "Hi @Uber_Support, I had the worst experience today morning. Was Uber pooling with a woman who was hostile from the very start. She started yelling at the driver saying she's paying the "most" and still she's getting dropped last. When I tried to intervene I was verbally abused".
She added, "She called me all sorts of names and tried to provoke me when I went completely quiet. Was reading something on my mobile and refused to give a reaction even though she went on her abusive rant calling me the worst abuses that I'm too ashamed to mention. I still didn't react. Picked the bag and put it beside the driver's seat. I guess that must have pushed her to the edge. It was almost near Urmi Estate in Lower Parel (where her drop was) when she went completely racist and called me a "chinky" & a "chinky s**t". I told her it's racist to which she said "haan toh? Kya Kar legi", she said.
When Paul tried to click her pictures on her camera phone, the lady snatched it threatened to break it. "I know she would have so I didn't try clicking anymore. Before she got down from the cab, she physically attacked me, grabbed me by my hair, tore off clumps of hair, scratched my face. I tried to defend myself with both hands trying to protect my face and I got huge scratches there too."
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