Shabana Azmi is upset with Ola's negligence, says her niece had a 'horrific experience'

Veteran actress Shabana Azmi is extremely upset with homegrown ride-sharing company, Ola Cabs.

On Sunday, the actress took to Twitter to voice out the horrific experience her niece, Meghna Vishwakarma, faced during her ride.

Tagging her 21-year-old niece's post, Azmi said that Vishwakarma had a 'horrific experience' and it was 'totally unacceptable'.



Azmi's niece shared her ordeal on Facebook.

During the weekend, a Ola driver - Mustakin Khan - picked up Vishwakarma from Lower Parel, and made her get off within five minutes of the ride in the 'middle of Dadar bridge'. His reason for not completing his ride was heavy traffic.

Vishwakarma said that it took her two hours to reach home in Andheri West as it was late at night and was unable to find another cab. She also shared the driver's name and phone number. "This is unacceptable, Ola," she wrote.

The Bangalore-based company immediately replied to the 71-year-old, and said they will take necessary "steps to minimise such situations in the future."

Upset with the usage of the word 'minimise', Azmi said that she wanted them to ensure this never happens again. "Your driver put my niece at danger for her safety, apart from causing her mental trauma," she added.


In another post, the 'Arth' star said she was unsatisfied with Ola's response when the latter said that they will "take appropriate steps to minimise such situations in the future."

She urged the company to take action against the driver who made her niece get down half way before her destination late at night because he was getting late.


On the work front, Azmi is busy shooting for the Karan Johar-directorial 'Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani', which also stars Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Dharmendra and Jaya Bachchan.