KOLKATA: A woman was allegedly harassed and abused for boarding an app cab with her pet cat on Thursday. The woman, Adusyanti Chatterjee, a photographer, was returning home in Shyambazar along with her father, Aniruddha, after the cat, Chhotu, underwent a procedure for corneal ulcer at the Bengal Veterinary College & Hospital in Belgachhia.
She lodged a complaint with the app cab aggregator against the driver, Shyam Lal Gharami .
A few minutes into the ride, the driver allegedly demanded additional payment from Adusyanti to wash his car after she alighted as she had boarded his cab with a cat. “The cat was inside a pet carrier that the driver had seen even before we boarded the cab. But it was only after he started the ride that he demanded extra payment. He was very rude,” said the woman.
Though Adusyanti told the driver that the cat was not suffering from any communicable disease, he said that he hated animals.
“As I alighted, the driver uttered expletives under his breath but loud enough for me to hear,” said the woman who has 14 cats at home.
