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29 March 2024

Taxi driver offers massage to passenger, molests her

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By Eman Al Baik

A Bangladeshi Limousine driver offered massage to a female passenger and then molested her after picking her up from the airport to drop her to a hotel in Dubai.

The Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance sentenced FR, 36, to three-month jail followed by deportation.

PD, American, took a Limousine taxi to take her to the hotel when she arrived in Dubai on March 22 at around 1am.

“He asked me to sit in the front seat as it is more comfortable. I sat in the front seat and then he groped my left arm several times to help relax from jetlag. Then he offered to massage my legs, but I refused,” PD told Dubai Police.

The accused showed the victim pictures of women, claiming that they are his Americans friends. But she insisted that she does not want to be his friend. He dropped her at the hotel and then left.

She called police and gave them the Limousine’s plate number.

On the following day, police summoned FA, 36, and confronted him with the charges. The driver admitted to the charge.

Police found pictures of women in his mobile, confirming the victim’s allegations.

The victim recognised the driver when shown to her via identification parade.

However, the accused denied charges in court, telling the jury that he did not touch the woman at all.