An Ola driver has been arrested for allegedly killing a passenger over a delay in furnishing the one-time password or OTP before boarding the cab in Tamil Nadu's Chennai, the police said.
The incident occurred on Sunday when the driver allegedly punched the man several times after an altercation broke out between the two over the issue, officials said.
The man, identified as Umendra, worked with a software company in Coimbatore, they added. He was in Chennai along with his wife and children to visit a relative over the weekend.
On Sunday, when the family was returning home after watching a movie in a Coimbatore mall, his wife booked a cab.
When the cab arrived, there was some confusion over the OTP. The cab driver then asked Umendra, his wife and children to get out of the vehicle and first confirm the OTP, officials said.
While getting down, Umendra slammed the door of the cab which led to a heated argument between the two.
An investigating officer told NDTV that the driver first threw his phone at Umendra and then started punching him. "Umendra collapsed after being repeatedly punched by the driver. He was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival," he said.
"The cab driver has been arrested on murder charges and investigation is underway," a police official said.
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