Taxi driver suspended for failure to help Indian-origin disabled passenger at UK temple

A taxi driver in UK has been suspended "indefinitely" after an elderly Indian-origin wheelchair user was "humiliated and insulted" when he refused to assist her down ramp at a temple in city of Leicester.

Saroj Seth, who h her right leg amputated three years ago, asked for help to get into vehicle after visiting Shree Geeta Bhavan Temple on Clarendon Park Ro in East Midlands city. But 78-year-old former magistrate said she was left "humiliated and insulted" when driver refused assistance and drove off.

"re was compassion, kindness," said Seth, who was awarded Most Excellent Order of British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for services to community cohesion in Leicester in 2011.

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"He said ', it is a liability to take a disabled person' and said he was t going to touch wheelchair. He didn't want to come near me and stood by his car," .

"That incident left me very angry that with all my hard work, people still haven't understood (about equality), and re is compassion whatsoever for people who are t able and are dependent on ors," she ded.

A witness to incident took to Twitter to complain about driver's behaviour on Sunday, June 16. Nisha Sahdev wrote that he left disabled ly outside a temple in rain after refusing to wheel her down ramp to car.

She said: "I was shocked and sickened! He got in his car and drove off!!"

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T Taxis, company Seth said she uses regularly while highlighting her disabled status, mitted that fault lay with m and said an investigation was underway after driver's indefinite suspension.

" fault lies with us somewhere and we are investigating incident. It is an unfortunate situation and we will learn from this," said T manr Nigel Ord.