Rapido driver extorts 30K, threatens laptop destruction

HYDERABAD: In a shocking incident, a Rapido bike driver attempted to extort Rs. 30,000 from 41-year-old Ashwin Kumar, a resident of Veer Nagar, Chintal Basthi, Khairatabad.

Kumar had booked a Rapido ride to transport his laptop from home to ICICI Towers in the Financial District. The assigned driver, Srimanth, collected the laptop at 9:30 am.

Instead of delivering his laptop, Srimanth allegedly demanded Rs 30,000 from Kumar and threatened to destroy the laptop along with its data.

However, Ashwin promptly reported the incident to the Masab Tank police station, concerned about the possible loss of valuable data from his laptop.

A case was filed under sections 385, 406, 420 r/w 511 IPC. Further investigation is underway.