A doctor called a shared ride cab to drive him to the private hospital
where he worked. The shared ride arrived on time, but instead of taking the
doctor to his destination, the driver threatened the doctor and kidnapped
him. The OLA cab driver, in turn posted
a ransom request of Rs 5 Crore (750,000 USD) to the shared ride company, even
calling up the hospital were the doctor worked to pressurize the company into
paying. The Delhi police, were successful after a 13 day chase to free the
doctor unharmed and nab the kidnapper.
The motive for
the kidnapping was to teach the shared ride company a lesson as they were
miffed due to alleged nonpayment of incentives.
The incident
simply highlights the damage disgruntled employees can cause, many a times due
to uncontrolled emotions. While the kidnapping seems to be one of a kind,
incidents caused by employees in the workplace is quite common. In the early
days, it used to be sabotage of plan and machinery, but in a digital world it
is the theft of IP, data or even online defamation of the company and its
personnel.
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