12 Kolkata: A 21-year-old woman residing at Parnasree in Behala showed great courage and presence of mind when she managed to stop the app car she was riding in—along with two other women—at the local police station.She filed a police complaint against the driver for allegedly sexually harassing her during a ride back home from a popular mall on the night of May 17. The accused, Rizwan Qureshi, was arrested.The young woman reported that the driver, Qureshi, first exposed himself in front of her when she was sitting beside him in the front seat and inappropriately touched her, even as two other women sat in the rear seat of the car. The incident occurred around 9.54 pm when the woman was travelling with her flatmate and her mother, trying to return to their apartment from the mall."Despite my protests, the driver continued his inappropriate behaviour throughout the journey," the woman said in her complaint filed at Parnasree PS. "I tried to find a cop on the way but could not find one directly in front of me on DH Road. So, after reaching close to my destination, I took the driver along with the car to the police station and requested them to take legal action against the driver," she said.According to the complaint, the victim went to Avani Mall with her friend and the friend's mother and booked the ride through the Rapido app. Cops said a preliminary investigation revealed that the driver was operating without full documentation. An investigating officer said, "We have registered a case under relevant sections of the BNS. The accused driver was sent to judicial custody."A spokesperson for the app cab said in a statement, "We have zero tolerance for such behaviour. The driver's access to our platform has been immediately suspended, and we are fully cooperating with law enforcement authorities in their investigation.""Ride-hailing companies must implement more robust screening processes and safety features to prevent such incidents," said Meera Roy, a women's rights activist. The case was registered under sections of BNS relating to sexual harassment and word, gesture, or act intended to insult modesty of a woman.