In Kazan, a case was opened after a taxi driver harassed a sleeping passenger
A criminal case was opened on the fact of harassment of a taxi driver towards a sleeping passenger in Kazan, the regional department of the Investigative Committee was informed.
A video was previously distributed on the Internet — in the frames A taxi driver from Tatarstan touches a sleeping passenger's chest. In a similar strange way, he allegedly tries to wake her up. Moreover, the man filmed his actions on his phone.
The case is being investigated under the article of sexual assault. The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, demanded that the head of the agency's department for the republic, Valery Lipsky, provide a report on the investigative actions carried out.