In yet another sexually assault case, a food delivery boy was arrested by the police. He was said to be sexually harassing a woman over the phone to “teach her a lesson” for refusing the delivery. He passed her number on WhatsApp, claiming that she is an escort. This led to her receiving hundreds of calls overnight from different many people.

The woman victim is Smitha, a resident of JP Nagar. She filed a complaint at the police station stating that “on July 8, I had ordered food from McDonald’s through Foodpanda. The delivery boy arrived at my home at around 10 pm to drop the order. He stared at me, made vulgar comments, spoke with innuendos and left.”

“The boy left the home and half an hour later, I started receiving a number of calls from the delivery boy and other numbers, seeking sexual favours. She was so angry and disconnected the calls. She immediately alerted the police; meanwhile, she received 14 calls from different numbers.” She informed the police that they sought sex and asked her how much she charged.

The police had collected all the numbers she received calls from. They found him as Shreyas, who is in his 20s. He confessed to the police about the harassment. Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) SD Sharanappa told: “According to Shreyas, there had been a row between the woman and him when he went to deliver her food. He claimed she did not like the delivered item and asked him to take back the parcel. Shreyas told her that was not possible.”

“A team is working on the case, we have got the details on almost all the callers and we will arrest them shortly,” he said. According to the police, “Shreyas wanted to teach Smitha a lesson for refusing to take the food and make payment, although they were yet to ascertain why she refused the food.”

The spokesperson for McDonald’s India- west and south, said: “We, along with our partners, are investigating the incident involving a complaint regarding threatening and sexual abusive calls to a customer. Though such cases are extremely rare, we take allegations against any of our third-party service providers extremely seriously and, if substantiated, will always take the strongest possible action. We will extend our full support to the customer and will cooperate with the local authorities, in every manner possible.”