A Gurugram resident recently shared her terrifying experience after booking an Uber ride that compelled her to rush back to her home for safety. Reddit user kushpyro1 shared on r/Gurgaon that after booking a ride to the railway station, they received a chilling message from the Uber driver saying, "I will kidnap you happily."

A Reddit user, kushpyro1, shared a harrowing experience on r/Gurgaon after booking an Uber ride to the railway station. They wrote, "I am shivering while I am actually writing this. I have a train in 1 hour, and God knows if I will reach there on time."

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Notably, the user had booked a Priority Sedan to Anand Vihar Terminal and texted the driver before putting their phone away to grab their luggage. As the driver approached, the user checked the Uber chat for the OTP, only to find a disturbing message from the driver.

In the Reddit post, the user shared that the driver assigned to their ride was Chandan, driving a Maruti Suzuki Dzire. After receiving the unsettling message, the user described feeling a wave of panic as the driver was just seconds away.

"I don't know what impulse kicked in -- 4 a.m., barely any sleep, and panic after reading a text from a guy who was literally a few seconds in front of me -- but I decided to cancel the ride. As soon as I began canceling, he canceled first, and I ran back into the house with my luggage. I managed to take a screenshot just before it was canceled," the user explained. The post has since garnered 1.4k upvotes and 163 comments.

In response to the post, many suggested that the disturbing message could have been a mistranslation. However, the woman clarified, "I checked over 8 native language queries to English, and nothing translates to 'kidnap' except the word 'apaharan'."

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