Bengaluru: The 32-year-old Techie who went to the regional transportation office in Jnanabharathi on Tuesday to ask about the SIM was reportedly harassed because she was wearing shorts.
“I was harassed by RTO officials because I went to the RTO office with shorts.
The man said he would not see my case because I was wearing shorts.
It seems unable to understand this crass behavior,” Nitish Rao, a resident of Nagarbhavi tweeted from his handle.
dankchikidang on Tuesday.
“There are some problems with Aadhaar-based authentication and I can’t get the license of students (LL) online.
I went to the RTO office in Jnanabharathi to check the process to get it.
But when they saw me with shorts, RTO officials were clearly annoyed and Start arguing with me.
There are some exchanges of words and they insist on they won’t share details just because I wear shorts, “Rao told Toi.
Transportation Commissioner n Shivakumar said: “There is no dress code, but RTOS is a government office.
So, we hope people come in the right clothes.
There are no written rules, but we will not entertain those who do not wear closed clothes.” ” When there is no dress code to apply for a SIM on RTO, how can they deny service to me? In fact, I don’t see Helpdesk to get information to use RTO services, “he added.
This is not the first time such an incident has been reported in the city.
In 2016, a DL applicant wearing shorts while visiting Koramangala RTO facing the same situation.
Many netizens extend support to RAO and share their experiences on tweeted: “Same.
Things have happened to me where they object and take money to issue DL …
Bribe is OK ..
Not shorts.” Nikhil Kulkarni, another netizen Writing: “My brother’s test was canceled because when talking to RTO he was wearing a sunglass.”