Overview
- Amboli police registered the case on December 5 after a complaint by Motor Vehicle Inspector Babu Teli following RTO drives in Andheri West from November 11 to December 3.
- Authorities allege both platforms enabled two-wheeler passenger transport within Mumbai without state or RTA approval and collected fares despite lacking licences.
- The FIR cites BNS Sections 318(3) and 223 and Motor Vehicles Act Sections 66, 93, 192(A), 193 and 197, including the bar on using private vehicles for hire.
- Investigators also allege failures to verify drivers’ character certificates and lapses in safety compliance that could endanger commuters.
- Related enforcement widened with a separate case against Rapido in Nashik, and Rapido had earlier lost a licence bid before a 2023 Bombay High Court order to halt its bike-taxi operations.