BENGALURU: A Rapido bike taxi captain was arrested in Bengaluru on Monday on charges of slapping a woman rider, who objected to his alleged rash riding. The accused, though, said it was the woman who had attacked him first.A video recorded by a passerby shows the two arguing and the captain can be seen slapping the woman, who loses her balance and is knocked down. Later, cops collected CCTV footage from a building, which showed the woman attacking the captain first.The accused bike captain, S Suman, 28, was arrested on a complaint filed by the pillion rider, Priya (name changed). He has been booked under multiple sections of the BNS.Speaking to TOI, Priya said the incident took place on June 13, when she was on her way to work. She had booked a Rapido bike, and Suman was assigned the ride. According to Priya, the ride was rough as Suman was driving rashly, violating traffic rules at will, and even took a detour.“I requested him to slow down and follow the route shown on the map, but he refused to listen,” she said, adding that she finally decided to end the ride when her office was about 200 metres away.Priya added that as she got off the bike, Suman got into an argument with her for ending the ride prematurely. “When I countered, he slapped me hard,” she said, adding, “In a bid to protect myself, I too attacked him.”Suman later told the police it was Priya who hit him first, which made him lose his cool. “Since there was a huge traffic congestion on the main roads, I took the inner lanes. But the woman kept yelling and abusing me for taking a different route. On reaching Jayanagar Block III, when she abused me yet again, I lost my cool. She spoke ill of my parents. When I warned her, she slapped me,” Suman said, clarifying that it was then that he hit back.