Mangaluru: A tussle between airport taxi drivers and the ones from cab aggregator Ola has once again come to the fore with the previous assaulting an Ola driver on Wednesday.
According to police, two people from Hyderabad had booked an Ola cab in Mangaluru on-line, so they'd their cab in a position as soon as they landed here.
As the passengers arrived on the Ola parking centre within the Mangalore International Airport premises, Ratan, an Ola driver, guided them towards their car.
On seeing this, police mentioned the airport taxi drivers got furious and a gaggle of round 15 of them assaulted Ratan,30, a resident of Car Street.
A case has been registered on the Bajpe police station. Police mentioned they have detained 3 people in this connection.
Three people have been arrested in connection with the case. They are Mohammed Tahseen, 50, Abdul Rahiman, 41, and Usman alias Abbas,38, all residents of Mangaluru.
Man held for unlawful possession of firearm
The Dakshina Kannada district police on Tuesday detained an individual on fees of wearing a country-made gun with out required paperwork and licence.
The accused is Baiju Bin Challappan, 45, hailing from Ernakulam in Kerala.
Based on a tip-off that Baiju used to be in possession of the gun at Kaniyoor under Bellare police station limits, the police detained him and seized the gun. He has been booked under the Arms Act.
4 sand-laden vehicles seized
The Mangaluru City police on Wednesday seized four tipper vehicles that were wearing sand illegally to Kerala.
When the police from Kankanady City station were carrying out a regimen test close to Padil, they discovered four tipper vehicles that had set out for Kerala after loading sand from BC Road, round 25 km from here.
Police have known the accused as Austin Miranda and Hasanabba, who owned the cars and doubled up as drivers, as well as truck homeowners Abdul Rehman and Harish, and Biju, who used to be using one of the crucial vehicles. Police mentioned the motive force of one of the crucial vehicles is absconding.
The seized items together with cars and sand, are utterly valued at Rs 36.5 lakh, and have been handed over to the dep. of mines and geology division.
According to police, two people from Hyderabad had booked an Ola cab in Mangaluru on-line, so they'd their cab in a position as soon as they landed here.
As the passengers arrived on the Ola parking centre within the Mangalore International Airport premises, Ratan, an Ola driver, guided them towards their car.
On seeing this, police mentioned the airport taxi drivers got furious and a gaggle of round 15 of them assaulted Ratan,30, a resident of Car Street.
A case has been registered on the Bajpe police station. Police mentioned they have detained 3 people in this connection.
Three people have been arrested in connection with the case. They are Mohammed Tahseen, 50, Abdul Rahiman, 41, and Usman alias Abbas,38, all residents of Mangaluru.
Man held for unlawful possession of firearm
The Dakshina Kannada district police on Tuesday detained an individual on fees of wearing a country-made gun with out required paperwork and licence.
The accused is Baiju Bin Challappan, 45, hailing from Ernakulam in Kerala.
Based on a tip-off that Baiju used to be in possession of the gun at Kaniyoor under Bellare police station limits, the police detained him and seized the gun. He has been booked under the Arms Act.
4 sand-laden vehicles seized
The Mangaluru City police on Wednesday seized four tipper vehicles that were wearing sand illegally to Kerala.
When the police from Kankanady City station were carrying out a regimen test close to Padil, they discovered four tipper vehicles that had set out for Kerala after loading sand from BC Road, round 25 km from here.
Police have known the accused as Austin Miranda and Hasanabba, who owned the cars and doubled up as drivers, as well as truck homeowners Abdul Rehman and Harish, and Biju, who used to be using one of the crucial vehicles. Police mentioned the motive force of one of the crucial vehicles is absconding.
The seized items together with cars and sand, are utterly valued at Rs 36.5 lakh, and have been handed over to the dep. of mines and geology division.
Ola driver assaulted, 3 detained
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