Hyderabad man tells woman he's a Rapido driver, she calls out a massive red flag
A woman based in Hyderabad was approached by a man near Charminar who claimed to be a Rapido driver and offered her a ride. However
A woman based in Hyderabad was approached by a man near Charminar who claimed to be a Rapido driver and offered her a ride. However, she became suspicious when he failed to show his driver ID and his scooter had no number plate. What followed next was a tense exchange in which she repeatedly asked him to verify his identity before lashing out and telling him to leave. Read Full Story Content creator Siddeshwari Sugandh said she was waiting for her auto near Charminar on Saturday night when the man approached her on a scooter and asked, “Where are you going? Should I drop you?” In the video she shared on Instagram, he can be heard asking, “Aapko Rapido chahiye kya madam? (Do you need a Rapido, ma’am?)." Siddeshwari immediately asked to see his driver ID.
She also noticed that the scooter did not have a vehicle number displayed. “I noticed that there was no vehicle number displayed, so I asked him, ‘Why don’t you have a vehicle number?’” she wrote in her caption. Instead of showing her his Rapido credentials, the man, who identified himself as Irfan, began downloading the Rapido app from the Play Store. “That’s when I realised something was clearly not right,” Siddeshwari said. She continued asking him to show his ID. At one point, he told her, “Gaadi chalu nahi ho rahi hai” (The vehicle is not starting). Siddeshwari immediately questioned why he was offering her a ride if the vehicle was not working. When she took the phone from him, the screen showed the page asking for an OTP.
She then asked him to state his full name. When his response did not satisfy her, Siddeshwari firmly told him to leave. “Seedha nikal ab yaha se (Get lost from here),” she can be heard saying in the video. Siddeshwari said what disturbed her most was how confidently the man had approached her at night without any prior booking or verification. “What honestly shocked me was the confidence with which he approached a woman at 9pm and offered her a ride without any prior booking or verification,” she wrote. She also clarified that she was not blaming Rapido for what happened. Siddeshwari said she regularly uses the platform and prefers it at night because she feels safer with its safety checks and post-ride calls. “I’m sharing this because this person used the Rapido name to gain my trust, even though he wasn’t actually a Rapido driver,” she said.
Watch the whole video here Rapido responded to her post and thanked her for bringing the incident to its attention. The company said passengers can verify the captain and ride details directly on the app, while the OTP shared at the start of a ride helps ensure that the passenger is travelling with the correct captain and vehicle. Rapido also urged users to verify these details before getting into a vehicle, particularly when someone approaches them claiming to be a driver without a booking. The post has garnered several concerned reactions from people. While many commended Siddeshwari’s courage, many urged her to be safe. Ends
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