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Bengaluru: In yet another of unruly behaviors with a customer, a cab driver has been accused of physically assaulting a 30-year-old sales manager. Abir Chandra, who works with an FMCG company, has accused an Uber driver of allegedly thrashing him and leaving him on the street.

Chandra claims that he booked a shared cab from his workplace in Jayanagar on July 6 and was allocated Anush R as the designated driver by the private cab service. While on their way to his home in Marathahalli, Chandra claims that his driver asked him to get down from the car citing traffic on the street. When the victim refused, the driver allegedly tried to pull him out of the car. When the victim resisted, the driver allegedly punched him before banging his head with his own. Chandra claims that when he tried to push the accused away, the driver summoned locals who thrashed Chandra and left him bleeding on the road.

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According to a report by Times of India, Chandra ended up with a broken nose, two fractured fingers and multiple injuries on his face and head as a result of the assault. He even said that a CT scan report indicates injury to his brain channels and blood clots behind his eyes. He has been treated at the Apollo, Yashomati and Columbia Asia hospitals. He also registered a complaint against the driver with the Suddaguntepalya police.

Meanwhile, police officers investigating the case have said that the driver countered Chandra's accusation by saying that Chandra verbally abused and assaulted him first which led to the argument. Cab aggregator Uber sent a mail to Chandra saying that it has barred the accused driver pending further investigation. The mail further says that owing to the critical nature of the incident reported, the matter has been escalated to the team concerned.

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