Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao along with BRS MLAs on Wednesday protested against the State government dressed as autorickshaw drivers, to demand justice for auto drivers in the state.
Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Virendra Sachdeva on Monday interacted with auto drivers in the national capital and said that the auto drivers took a pledge to remove the corrupt AAP government and form the BJP government in the upcoming assembly elections.
Ahead of the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, Aam Aadmi Party chief and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will have lunch at the residence of the auto driver on Monday.
Bijnor Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhishek shared details about the incident and said, "The car was trying to overtake a vehicle, when it changed its lane and hit the auto in speed. 7 people travelling in the auto were residents of Thana Dhampur area and were returning from Muradabad Rail
According to police, the female passenger filed a complaint on Tuesday stating that she was sexually assaulted by an auto driver in the Gachibowli area of the district.
An auto driver was arrested for allegedly attempting to rape and murder a woman belonging to the Scheduled Tribe community in Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district of Telangana, police said on Thursday.
Auto and taxi drivers in Delhi have called for a two-day strike against app-based cab services, citing unfair competition and low earnings. The strike, which began on Thursday, has caused inconvenience to commuters, with many drivers refusing to accept rides.
In a shocking incident, a water tanker driver while trying to escape crushed a youth who was pelting stones on his tanker in the Sangam Vihar area of the national capital.
A driver died after the auto-rickshaw he was driving fell into a stormwater drain at Abbakka Nagara near Kottara in Karnataka's Mangaluru on Friday night.