A video showing a woman Uber passenger, who chose to ride home in an Uber, being threatened by local auto rickshaw drivers has gone viral. Vidya Gopalakrishnan, the woman in question, uploaded the video to her YouTube channel on November 29, and within a couple of days, the video has garnered over 76,000 views.

Vidya booked the cab from Ernakulam South railway station to Kakkanad in Ernakulam district. Auto rickshaw drivers, in a group, stopped the cab from leaving with Vidya. In the video, we can hear her trying to tell them that booking an Uber is her choice and it's about her safety. Drivers, enraged, threatened her saying she will be stranded on the road with her luggage is she doesn't get off the cab and take an auto.

The drivers argue that it's a "written rule" there at the railway station that online cab services like Uber and Ola cannot pick customers from there. The cab driver who tried to tell them that it's not about the fare but a customer's choice was threatened with physical assault.

Vidya tried explaining over and over that booking a cab is her CHOICE and that she prefers it to autos. On hearing this, drivers asked her to get a prepaid taxi from the station and let go of the Uber she booked.

The video is also being shared by different Facebook pages and individuals on Facebook. The video shared by user Arun Jose has, within 24 hours, been viewed over 2,24,000 times and shared by over 8,000 users.

Speaking to IndiaToday.in, Vidya narrated what exactly happened. "I was coming back from Bengaluru. I booked an Uber because I didn't have any cash with me. Just when the cab started moving, auto drivers seen in the video came rushing and stopped us. They threatened the driver initially and asked me to get out of the cab. When I said I prefer the cab over autos, they got back to threatening the driver."

"Couple of minutes later, when they reaslised I was not scared, they started verbally abusing me. One driver said he will break my phone and even opened the door to pull me out. I had dialed 100 and one policeman was there at the scene. He asked to get out of the cab and take a prepaid taxi and asked the driver to never go inside the station premises. The auto drivers physically assaulted the driver in front of the police.

I've filed a complaint at the Commissioner's office and had gone to the CI's office to identify the auto drivers who abused me and assaulted the driver. I am in touch with the driver. He said he didn't go out for work today because he was scared of getting thrashed again. He told me he has filed a complaint with the police as well.

Sad part is that even the police asked the cab driver to not enter the station premises. Uber, on the other hand, showed me a court order that says nobody can stop Uber from plying and collecting passengers from anywhere in the city."

In a Facebook post, Vidya clarified that she was not physically assaulted by the auto rickshaw drivers but that the driver was. In her post, she requests everyone to support the cab driver too, for taking a stand against the auto rickshaw drivers and their unfair demand.

See what happened next, here.