India, July 27 -- A Reddit user has claimed that he was assaulted by a customer while working as a Rapido driver in Bengaluru. The user, a software engineer by profession, had started driving for Rapido to pay off some credit card debt.

"I became a Rapido captain on weekends to pay off my credit card bills. Today I understood what gig workers go through," he said in his Reddit post.

The Bengaluru techie explained that he has a decent paying job, but racked up some credit card bills.

"Recently, I moved out of a PG into a rented room, bought a bunch of essentials, and ended up piling quite a bit onto my credit card," he said. To pay off the bills, he decided to start working as a Rapido bike taxi driver.

"I love riding bikes anyway, and...