Crackdown on bike taxis after HC ban, 103 seized: Minister

The authorities have seized 103 bike taxis across 11 RTO jurisdictions since the ban on the vehicles came into effect on Monday, officials familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

- HT Correspondent

BENGALURU:

The operation on Monday was carried out across multiple zones, with Rajajinagar RTO recording the highest number of seizures (16), followed by Electronics City (15) and KR Puram (13). RTO officials used surveillance techniques and decoy operations to identify ongoing violations.

"Field inspectors booked cases after confirming that taxi aggregators were providing bike taxi services in violation of HC orders. In some cases, officials posed as passengers to collect evidence," said a senior transport department official.