Mumbai: The NM Joshi Marg police on Tuesday ascertained the identity of the woman accused of insulting and assaulting a journalist aboard an Uber Share cab on Monday morning.
Senior PI Ahmed Pathan said, “Uber provided details of the accused, Ruchica Kothari, to us on Tuesday and we have named her in the Non-Cognisable complaint that we had registered on Monday. It now depends on the complainant as to whether she wants to pursue the matter further.”
The journalist, in a Facebook post on Monday, had claimed that the accused had used racial slurs while arguing with her and assaulted her before fleeing the scene. The police have booked the accused for assault and intentional insult to provoke breach of peace under the Indian Penal Code.