Autorickshaw driver drops off passengers midway after dispute over location

BENGALURU: An autorickshaw driver dropped a passenger midway after a dispute over the pick-up location.

The passenger, Mahesh, had hired the autorickshaw through the Namma Yatri app to travel from Govindaraj Nagar to Seshadripuram. However, the auto driver was busy on his phone and didn’t arrive even after 20 minutes. When Mahesh questioned the driver about the delay, the latter accused Mahesh of not providing the correct location.

In the meantime, the driver alleged that Mahesh was confusing him without showing the correct location and annoyed him. Then a quarrel broke out between them over the same reason.

The argument escalated into a verbal fight, with both persons hurling abuses at each other. The auto-rickshaw driver, who was driving the vehicle with the registration number KA 05 AG 0842, abandoned Mahesh in the midway and drove away.